A walk through wild flowers

Water Avens

Bluebells at the woodland edge

I am not sure what kind of bee this is

Wonderful clouds over the Caliach and Calgary headlands

One of our cows against the skyline

Lousewort

The sun warmed stone that marks Connelly's Spring with Marsh Marigolds

The natural regeneration here is really expanding

Cotton Grasses flowering

Willows flowering

Wind blown birches coming into leaf

The roundels fenced 2 years ago to protect the last of the trees

Milkwort

Willow flowers

Heath Pea Vetch

Sea pinks

A burst of colour before dark

Apologies for yet another sunset blog post, but this was so beautiful, I couldn't resist.

Along the north shore

This beetle is called Oieceoptoma Thoracicum, common in woodland across the UK.

The shoreline is beginning to really flourish. Ferns unfurl. Sea pinks flutter in the breeze.  A heron flies off as I approach the cliff edge to look for rose root.

Sea campion clings to the sea facing rock.

Blue bells of the blue bells glow in light sun.

And lovely to see the first birds foot trefoil, such an important butterfly and moth plant.

The last evening of April

I can't believe April is over.  It has been a kind month compared to the very cold weather we had last year at this time.  

Lambing is into its third week.  We have 2 bottle fed lambs in the shelter next to the veg garden.  By the end of this week we hope that 75% of the ewes will have lambed.  Like all sheep farmers at this time of year, Farmer is existing on very little sleep and a lot of exercise.  Even the dogs are exhausted, particularly Cap who has been out every day on the hill. 

A has finished painting Shian and Duill now, and they look so good with the fresh coat of paint. 

I know I run the risk of boring followers to death with the sunset photographs I keep posting on Facebook and Twitter, but they are all so beautiful.  These photographs were all taken last night, the last evening of April.  I loved the strip of cloud along Coll and how it almost seems to be rainbow coloured. 

Good night April.