Jane's photos |
In 1993 I did a government training course with the Scottish Wildlife Trust in Countryside Care And Conservation and had some adventures... |
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Smoked
Sox 1024 x 710 168K |
After a hard day's mowing a meadow on a nature reserve in West Lothian, Steve smokes his sox while the team solemnly observes, and Alex directs the proceedings from a wheelbarrow. |
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Rock
Flora 1 800 x 600 161K |
Moss, lichen and ivy colonising a rock wall at Falls of Clyde, where much of the river water has been stolen by the hydro-electric station. |
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Beechmount 1024 x 768 140K |
This grand old building on Corstorphine Hill was once a hospital. It served as our base. |
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Conservation 800 x 534 129K |
Much work was done around this flooded quarry near Ratho to try to save some of the resident wildlife from the M8 extension. |
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Wellies 800 x 600 81K |
Some wellies standing about doing nothing, and a minibus full of marsh marigolds about to be transplanted from the same quarry near Ratho to the old Roslin Curling Pond. |
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Rock
Flora 2 800 x 600 199K |
More plantlife at Falls of Clyde. |
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Roslin
Pond 1024 x 694 222K |
Roslin Curling Pond after a good clean-up. It may now be at some risk from the proposed dual-carriageway to Penicuik. |
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Rock
Flora 3 800 x 600 165K |
Another small but irresistible patch of plantlife on the rock wall at Falls of Clyde. |
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Jane
on log 519 x 768 93K |
Adventures in the river gorge at a nature reserve in East Lothian. I only did this because turning back was not an option. |
