On Flanders Moss the wind was making the frog spawn quiver like a bog.
#peatland Bog spawn
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.
Mountain words on the #peatlands
Chimney, crevasse, stack- mountain words on the flat #peatlands.
#StPatricksDay in the Scottish #peatlands
Irish Bord na Mona peat bricks in the Great Glen.
Carbon footprint of saving carbon on Scotland’s #peatlands
These diggers working to re-wet the #peatlands and save carbon at Flanders Moss near Stirling have travelled from 130 miles away before they even begin working, each using approximately 11 litres of fuel per hour.
Grey Atlantic peat tractor
I like the realism of the wide, double rear tyres. This spreads the weight of the tractor and prevents it being bogged down and damaging the delicate water balances of the moor.
the wee peat tractor
Differences are put aside as all the family help to bring home the peat.
transport of delight
…giant chickens or tiny tractor?
#Macbeth witches on the moor on #ShakespeareSunday
“The weyward Sisters, hand in hand,
Posters of the Sea and Land…
Bog butter
Butter in a wooden trough preserved in a peat bog in Durness on the North coast of Scotland. NMS,Edinburgh.
Black Isle fireplace
…with Caithness peat.
Robin A Crawford 