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A Holy Isle foray in two times


Holy Isle, May 2024.

Featured image shows Sea thrift (armeria maritima). All photo credits The Holy Isle Project, Arran. For more wild flower images see the holy isle project Facebook page post 16th May.

“Whilst walking on the coastal path towards the south, to my delight, I saw a vast array of wild flowers. Excitement ensued the following day and I embarked upon another journey of discovery, again finding more of mother nature’s treasures.

We see more when we slow down and not just look at the bigger picture. If we stop and look, there are small worlds at our feet.”

 

Field mouse ear (cerastium arvense)

 

Creeping cinquefoil (potentilla repans)
Herb Robert (geranium robertianum)
Birds foot trefoil (lotus corniculatus)

 

Common primrose (primula vulgaris)

 

Common milkwort (polygara vulgaris)

 

Wood sorrel (oxalis acetosella)
Sea campion (silene uniflora)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Germander speedwell (veronica chamaedrys)

 

Holy Isle, Summer 1978

The Arran Naturalist, issue No. 1. Journal of the Arran Natural History Society

 

 

 

 

 

Sea campion

 

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