Self portrait (after ‘Mountain’ by Sigurður Guðmundsson).
Author: robinacrawford
Robin Crawford is an author and illustrator, with a particular interest in the culture and natural heritage of Scotland. His first book, ‘Into the Peatlands: A Journey Through the Moorland Year’, was published in 2018 and longlisted for the Highland Book Prize. ‘Cauld Blasts and Clishmaclavers’ (2020) is a treasury of Scottish Words. His third book ‘The Sound of Many Waters, A Jjourney along the River Tay’ is published in June 2023 by Birlinn. He lives in Auchtermuchty, in Fife.
Sphagnum
Sphagnum.
peat iron and spade #WetlandsDay
Peat iron and spade #WetlandsDay.
Home
Home.
Each lettered and numbered post is a point on Bankhead Moss, Fife where water levels are monitored.
Each lettered and numbered post is a point on Bankhead Moss, Fife where water levels are monitored.
Peat/burn
Peat/burn.
Scarlet lichens ablaze on the frozen moss
Scarlet lichens ablaze on the frozen moss.
Mountains like molehills. Assynt from the North Lewis moor
Mountains like molehills. Assynt from the North Lewis moor.
Polluting plastic… to whom do you point the blame?
Polluting plastic is in the news. But to whom do you point the blame? Here’s some on Flanders Moss, left by well intentioned conservationists.
Six mile tailback on Rannoch Moor
Skiers heading for Glencoe and the Nevis Range last Saturday created a six mile tailback across the desolate Rannoch Moor, one of Scotland’s largest blanket bogs.
picture copyright Alastair Burgess/ Sunday Post 21st Jan 2018
Robin A Crawford 