Evernia prunastri on a rowan at Millstone Hill at #Bennachie. The interaction between #lichens and #trees is discussed in the course Lichens on Trees.
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#scottishlichens #lichensontrees #fungifriends #lichenfriends #lichenology #biodiversity #fungi
#scotland #aberdeenshire #bennachie #bennachieultra #ultra #bennachieultramaeathon #ultramarathon #skelpedit
Mither Tap and Bennachie from Chapel of Gairoch #Aberdeenshire #Scotland #Bennachie www.damianshields.com
Mither Tap and Bennachie from Chapel of Gairoch #Aberdeenshire #Scotland #Bennachie www.damianshields.com
Two of the massive walls of Mither Tap Fort on Bennachie, near Inverurie, in Aberdeenshire. The fort was occupied by the Picts between the 7th and 8th centuries AD. 📸 My own. #HillfortsWednesday #Picts #Bennachie
A wee detour from Snecky to Skite to visit the Maiden. Bricht-lichted aneath the Mither Tap.
#themaidenstone #pictishstones #thegarioch #bennachie #aberdeenshire
A serene landscape featuring dense coniferous trees in the foreground and a misty view of rolling hills in the background under a cloudy sky.
#myphoto #iphonephotography #Bennachie #aberdeenshire #trailrunning #SilentSunsday
A black labrador (Rogue) is walking on a path through a forest of evergreen trees. Shadows of a person and the dog are visible on the ground, surrounded by greenery and underbrush. The sky is partly cloudy.
#footpathfriday #trailrunning #aberdeenshire #Bennachie #iphonephotography #myphoto #equinox #RogueDog
Four photo collage. Bright early Spring day, cold. Skies blue with white and dark grey clouds. Bottom left: grey stone wall of a ruined building with window and door space; surrounded by green and pale green grasses and unploughed field; lonesome leafless broadleaf tree to the right. Top left and right and bottom right: looking over pale yellow stinble, unploughed fields, to a range of blue/green/purple hills in the distance. Foreground: top left- dark green gorse branches; top right- a brown rusted gate and a grey stone fencepost; bottom right: grey/green stone wall and small fence posts.
Today, Alford💙 #walking #localwalks #wellhouse #bennachie #mithertap #alford #aberdeenshire #walkingaberdeenshire
#HillfortsWednesday and it’s #Bennachie in Grampian (a misspelling of ‘Graupian’ from Tacitus’s hagiographic account of the battle of ‘Mons Graupius’. A stunning construction well worth the climb…
Four photo collage, a bright, cold, February day. Blue sky, white clouds. Top left: blue water filled quarry, surrounded by green, red, purple planting, grey/pink quarry stone edges, to green fields. Top right: grey/pink stone pyramid shaped structure (named Point of Origin), stone steps leading to the top, set on green grass. Bottom right: blue river, pale yellow/green/brown river bank grasses, brown broadleaf and green conifers leading to purple/blue pointed mountain top. Bottom right: looking over grey, boulders, grey village rooftops, to green fields and onwards to purple/blue hills.
Today, Kemnay💙 #walking #hiking #pointoforigin #kemnayquarry #riverdon #bennachie #mithertap #kemnay #aberdeenshire #walkingaberdeenshire
Four photo collage. Late afternoon, winter, golden tones. Top left, bottom right: gold/yellow barley stibble field, leading to blue/purple/gold hills, grey/white skies, golden streaks. Top left, grey/brown broken stone dyke in foreground. Bottom right, old, brown metal gate in foreground. Top right, bottom left: deep, white, snow, deep footprints, yellow high grass, wood and wire field fence, leading to green/blue hills and hello/orange sun setting, grey/white cloudy skies, yellow/orange streaked.
Yesterday, Alford💙 #walking #hiking #localwalking #gallowhill #westgallowhill #alford #bennachie #correenhills #snaahinidyke #aberdeenshire #walkingaberdeenshire
Four photo collage. Snowy winters day. Pale blue skies. Snow, deep in parts, snow covered stone walls, fences, looking across white snow covered fields, to white snow covered and dark green conifer covered hills. Top right and bottom left show orange/yellow sun setting behind soft cloud.
Today, Alford💙 #walking #hiking #alford #wellhouse #correenhills #bennachie #gallowshill #aberdeenshire #walkingaberdeenshire
Four photo landscape collage all showing a cloud/temperature inversion with white cloud lying below the dark peaks of the Bennachie range in the distance, across fields. A winters day, cool and “faded” colours. Sky blue/yellow streaks. Top left: grey/green rocky outcrop in foreground, across green fields and conifers. Top right: looking across dark brown, recently ploughed fields. Bottom left: as top right with some pale yellow grass in foreground. Bottom right: an avenue of bare, broadleaf trees, green and pale yellow fields to west of the Bennachie range.
Today, Hill of Barra, Bourtie💙 #walking #hiking #winterwalking #hillofbarra #bourtie #oldmeldrum #bennachie #mithertap #cloudinversion
Roon the ither side the day
#Bennachie
Turkey tail mushroom… first time I’d seen one and it was HUGE. Definitely aptly named! Beautiful! #photography in #Bennachie , #Scotland. Missing my morning walks. Nature is amazing. #AmericanInScotland 💙🍄🟫
Fae Skelmonae ti #Bennachie
A grid with 4 photos of landscape scenes in Aberdeenshire highlighting Autumn colours.
This week, Aberdeenshire💙 #walking #taponoth #suieroad #knockenspock #birsemoreloch #aboyne #boathouse #mithertap #bennachie #howeofalford #riverdee #autumncolours #walkingaberdeenshire