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Spring flowers on a wee stroll from Kincardine O'Neil

Spring flowers on a wee stroll from Kincardine O'Neil


Postby mrssanta » Sat May 05, 2018 10:09 pm

Date walked: 04/05/2018

Time taken: 2 hours

Distance: 6 km

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we parked in Kincardine O'Neil and took the new Deeside Way path up into the Dess Wood, across a new bridge over Dess Burn, then back via the banks of the Dee to Kincardine o'Neil.
Here are some photos I took playing with the macro setting on my new camera
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fresh Hazel shoots

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and again

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wood sorrell

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and again

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waterfall on the Dess burn. I actually saw the dipper this time, but it is not on the photo

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outside a house

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Let's not cross on this bridge!

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lovely bank of wood anemones

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sloe with fantastic lichen

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close up of same

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looking upstream with an angler.

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cowslip

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closer

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lady smock

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forget me not

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and again

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not sure about this one

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violet

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daisy

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more newly hatched daisy with pink edges

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willow catkin (I think)

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close up of wild strawberry flower

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dandelion clock

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lady smock again

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an umbellifer of some kind, I'm not good at them.
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