Sunday, October 28, 2012

Cairnsmore of Fleet NNR–6th October 2012

1-Cairnsmore-sign

Cairnsmore NNR Sign

2-Big-Water-of-Fleet-viaduct

Big Water of Fleet viaduct

3-Clints-of-Dromore

Clints of Dromore

4-Stonechat

Stonechat

5-pond-board

Information board by the pond

6-viaduct-and-pond

Pond and viaduct

7-viaduct-and-pond

 

8-big-water-of-fleet-viaduct

 

9-viaduct-pillar

Originally built without the brick reinforcement which was added during the war I believe

10-Cairnsmore-NNR

 

11-Big-Water-of-Fleet-Viaduct

 

12-Big-Water-of-Fleet-Viaduct

 

13-posh-bench

Smart bench!

14-picnic

Picnic table with a view

15-Big-Water-of-Fleet-Viaduct

 

16-Big-Water-of-Fleet-viaduct

 

17-Rainbow

Rainbow

18-big-water-of-fleet-viaduct

 

19-Big-Water-of-Fleet-Viaduct

 

20-viaduct

 

21-viaduct

 

22-viaduct-shadows

 

23-c-o-f-nature-reserve

 

24-old-railway-line

Old railway line

25-on-the-viaduct

Not sure if you are meant to go across but no signs and the gate was open, at our own risk I’d say!

26-cairnsmore-view

 

27-viaduct

 

28-from-the-viaduct

 

29-on-the-viaduct

 

30-devils-bit

Devils Bit Scabious

31-cairnsmore

 

32-viaduct

 

33-rusty-railings

 

34-viaduct

 

35-golden-rod

Golden Rod

36-old-railway-line

Weather getting a bit dull now as we walk along the old railway line

37-goldcrest

We found a couple of Goldcrests in a small flock of Long-tailed Tits

39-gate

View from the gate

40-clints-of-Dromore-panorama

Clints of Dromore panorama (click to see full size)…

41-viaduct-panorama

…and the other way

42-mountain-panorama

 

43-dunnock

Dunnock

44-cairnsmore-nnr

Heading back towards the viaduct again

45-clouds

Good clouds

46-galloway-hills

 

47-Small-Tortoiseshell

Small Tortoiseshell butterfly desperately searching for the last of the thistle flowers

48-Mountain-stream

Mountain stream

49-sheep

Nice walking stick handles!

50 Deer-Ked-Lipoptena-cervi

I wasn’t impressed to find this creature on my face!

Not a tick but a Deer Ked

51-llama

Just had to stop and take photos of these on the way home!

52-llama

 

53-llama

 

54-llama

That’s enough!