A passing shower before we set off but it stayed dry and
sunny for our rAmble through the flowers at Killinallan. This visit was a carpet of blue and yellow
with Harebells and particularly Devil's Bit Scabious in the prime of their
seasonal flowering. Autumn Hawkbit heads
were bobbing and the white heads of Grass of Parnassus in the wet flushes at
the top of the shoreline floated to and fro in the light breeze in profusion.
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| Devil's Bit Scabious |
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| Frog Orchid |
Despite many species fading off the flowering scene, many
still provided examples of their blooms with late flowering stems. Most of the orchids were completely finished
but a few Frog Orchid spikes eluded to flowering, although mostly the bracts
remained.
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| Mountain Everlasting |
Grey Seals bobbed in the receding waters, although none
emerged onto the sand bank or decided to sing for us. Our only butterfly of the day was a Meadow
Brown.
What we saw:
Meadow Brown;Grey Seal
Autumn Hawkbit; Grass of Parnassus; Bird's Foot Trefoil;
Lady's Bedstraw; Fairy Flax; Red Clover; Black Bog Rush; Frog Orchid; Twyblade
(leaves); Thyme; Devil's Bit Scabious; Harebell; Autumn Gentian; Eyebright;
Self Heal; Knapweed; Milkwort; Tormentil; Silverweed; Ragged Robin; Meadow Rue
(leaves); Meadow Sweet; Bog Myrtle; Yarrow, Tufted Vetch; Angelica; Mountain
Everlasting; Water Mint
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