Toad had booked Toadlet onto a hack from a stables beside Loch Fyne, so we tootled off early to make the most of a fine day. We had time for a lochside beach wander before booking in at the stables.
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| Wych Elm beside the sea |
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| This close to the sea |
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| Thrift and scurvygrass where a stream crossed the beach |
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| Silverweed flower (Potentilla anserina) |
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| Silverweed leaves looking silver |
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| A view back up the loch |
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| Toadlet leads the way across a gravel bar to a wee islet |
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| Lots of Scurvygrass; I think this is Danish Scurvygrass (Cochlearia danica), a good thing to munch on if you've been a long time at sea and living on salted meat and ships' biscuit |
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| A sea-bleached tree root ball |
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| Bird's-foot Trefoil |
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| Thrift again |
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| A lichened rock |
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| Interesting patterns of lichen |
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| Early shoots of Small Red Goosefoot (Chenopodium botryodes) between sea-washed rocks |
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| Looking back landwards. If you click on the picture to enlarge it, you may be able to spot two horses |
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| Channels in the salt marsh |
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| View across Loch Fyne as we make our way to the stables |
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| Old tree stump. I can see a wild boar. |
