Pentland Hills

Glencorse, Green Law

	Glencorse Gorse 1024 x 768 176K	Yellow Gorse bushes and Scots Pine trees in front of Glencorse reservoir. Turnhouse Hill is at the back.
	Scots Pines 1280 x 850 412K	July 2011. Scots Pine trees are reflected by Glencorse Reservoir.
	Glencorse 1024 x 768 119K	Looking down on Glencorse Reservoir from the southwest slopes of Castlelaw Hill. A line of Scots Pine trees borders the road leading from Flotterstone to Loganlea Reservoir.
	Glencorse Rays 1024 x 768 61K	Sunbeams through a hole in the clouds are shining on Glencorse Reservoir. January 1999.
	Ice Ducks 6 1152 x 864 259K	Photographed on 2nd March 2003. The Pentlands reservoirs had been covered in ice but were melting. Some of the ducks are climbing out of the water and onto the ice. A line of Scots Pine trees borders the road which runs along the foot of Castlelaw.
	Ice Ducks 8 1024 x 768 84K	A few moments later and all four ducks have made it onto the ice and are beginning to preen their feathers.
	Tadpoles 1280 x 830 297K	A puddle on the roadside at Glencorse was home to thousands of tadpoles. This was beside the gate leading to Maiden's Cleugh and Phantom's Cleugh. April 2010.
	Glencorse Loganlea 567 x 768 65K	Photographed from Castlelaw Hill, facing WSW towards the distant peak of West Kip (551 metres). Glencorse Reservoir is in the foreground and Loganlea is in the distance.
	Glencorse 0508 1152 x 864 347K	In the preceding picture there is a small part of Glencorse Reservoir isolated by the causeway crossing its far end. These 3 pictures show part of that area after the water level has gone down.
	Glencorse 0508a 1152 x 864 325K	The strange patterns in the mud may have been started by the webbed feet of ducks or geese, the cracks following later as the mud dried out.
	Glencorse 0508b 1152 x 864 395K	A closer look at the marks in the mud.
	Glencorse from Turnhouse 04 1280 x 1024 323K	Three new, large images of Glencorse Reservoir, photographed from Turnhouse Hill. At the other side of the water, behind a row of Scots Pine trees, is the private road that leads to Loganlea Reservoir. The strip of trees conceals a footpath at its left edge which leads up to the path round Castlelaw.
	Glencorse from Turnhouse 05 1280 x 1024 308K	The camera has been panned to the left in this second shot. The road serves walkers and cyclists. People fishing are allowed to drive up the road but may have to open and close gates. The driveway to Kirkton Farm branches uphill. Behind the strip of trees is the footpath through Maiden's Cleugh to Balerno. Kirk Burn drains Capelaw on the left and Castlelaw on the right.
	Glencorse from Turnhouse 06 1280 x 1024 365K	In this third picture the camera has been panned to the right to show the eastern end of the reservoir and its island, connect by a causeway. Nobody is allowed on the island, not even fishermen.
	Glencorse Causeway IR 1280 x 851 341K	The private road from Flotterstone to Loganlea runs over this causeway at the western tip of Glencorse reservoir. The small area to the left (west) of the road in this infrared picture is frequently dry. The water is high in May 2006 unlike in the 0508 pictures above taken in August 2005.
	Glencorse IR 1280 x 814 306K	This second infrared picture shows almost all of the reservoir to the west of the causeway. What looks like a small barbed wire fence poking out of the water is actually an extension to the dry-stane dyke (stone wall) which is now totally submerged. The hill at the back is Black Hill.
	Glencorse 0904 1280 x 854 532K	The same area in April 2009. Glencorse and Loganlea reservoirs are both very full.
	Glencorse2010a 1280 x 850 572K	And 13 months later the dry stane dyke is still submerged.
	Glencorse2010b 1280 x 790 537K	A closer look at the dyke and the wire fence on top of it.
	Glencorse2010c 1280 x 832 466K	Some trees seem to survive partial immersion quite well.
	Glencorse2010d 1280 x 850 232K	Looking at the main part of the reservoir in the direction of Flotterstone. Castlelaw is the hill on the left.
	Causeway 03 1280 x 850 301K	Another 2 photos of the same area taken in July 2011. The water level has risen again.
	Causeway 04 1280 x 850 411K	The dry stane dyke is totally submerged on the left. Black Hill is in the background.
	2 Herons 1280 x 850 496K	Possibly a nesting pair of herons at the western tip of Glencorse Reservoir. They landed on the hillside a few metres apart.
	Heron 1280 x 850 505K	This one came back down to the water's edge where the Logan Burn flows in.
	Lambing 1280 x 871 354K	A warning to dog owners reads: SHEEP LAMBING. YOUR DOG MAY BE SHOT BY THE FARMER IF SEEN CHARGING OR ATTACKING LIVESTOCK. The path leads to Maiden's Cleugh or Phantom's Cleugh.
	Ducks 00 1280 x 754 233K	Four ducklings and their mother in the smaller section of Glencorse reservoir beyond the causeway.
	Ducks 01 1280 x 842 236K	Sticking close by mother.
	Ducks 02 1280 x 817 211K	She heads off to a more secluded area past a flooded drystane dyke. The ducklings follow closely.
	Ducks 03 1280 x 737 218K	Father puts in an appearance and the whole family head off together.
	GlencorseIR02 1280 x 825 297K	The first of six infrared photos. Beyond the fence on the right is where we saw the duck family.
	GlencorseIR03 1280 x 851 387K	A similar vantage point but panned to the right and zoomed in slightly.
	GlencorseIR04 1280 x 838 322K	In this infrared view the flooded drystane dyke is visible. It has some fence posts poking above it.
	GlencorseIR05 1280 x 839 511K	Facing up the steep gorse covered hill to a stand of Scots Pine trees.
	GlencorseIR06 1280 x 854 443K	The last infrared view of the western tip of Glencorse reservoir.
	GlencorseIR07 1280 x 854 305K	The road leading back to Flotterstone from the causeway.
	Glencorse1105a 1280 x 720 358K	A normal view of the scene in the infrared pictures above. The two pointed hills in the distance are East Kip and West Kip.
	Green Law View 1280 x 677 209K	The walk from Carlops direction isn't popular but gives different views of familiar hills. West Kip's triangular profile is as unmistakeable as Scald Law's flat top.
	Green Law View 2 1280 x 903 214K	Zoomed in here on West Kip. People are distinguishable on the summit.
	Ducks 1280 x 698 427K	There's quite a community of ducks at this corner of Glencorse Reservoir near the causeway. Low winter sun in January 2012 shines on the hill beyond and is reflected on the water's surface.
	Ducks 1 1280 x 840 310K	This is only a field when the water level is very low, so the dry stane dyke is rarely actually dry. A more camouflaged female sits on it while her mate floats about nearby.
	Ducks 2 1280 x 652 335K	A broader view of the scene showing the submerged dyke.
	Ducks 3 1280 x 821 213K	The sun catches the iridescent green plumage on the heads of these two males.
	Green Craig 3 1280 x 710 190K	Green Craig is the hill on the right (left side at the foot of Howden Glen). In the distance, on the right are the twin chimneys of Cockenzie Power Station. A helicopter approaches with the triangular hill of North Berwick Law behind. Bass Rock is visible too.
	Helicopter 1280 x 669 122K	It passed close by so I snapped this shot.

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