Saturday 12th April - on a grim day starting with wind and occasional spraying rain five of us headed to Harperrig Reservoir with the aim of following the Water of Leith up to 400m, leaving only one section of Water of Leith to do to complete the journey. The weather occasionally brightened throughout the day, but the wind didn't let up much, making any sheltered area a welcome break. No idea what the total tally for the day was, but it served as a good intro to Sphagna for me, and I saw 18 species that I can remember (in total, not Sphagna!) that I'd never seen before, including 3 liverworts.
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| the route |
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| Harperrig |
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| Ulota phyllantha |
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| Happy sunshine wanderings |
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| There's a tree under here somewhere! |
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| Closer examination |
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| Someone came to see what we were up to |
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| Some different habitat |
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| A neighbour of Nowellia (more later) on a log |
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| The landscape |
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| Straminergon stramineum |
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| Coltsfoot, with leaves starting to show |
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| Pogonatum urnigerum |
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| Gymnocolea inflata |
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| Sphagnum denticulatum's cowhorn branches |
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| Happy Fontinalis |
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| A nice bryo-garden |
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| Very happy Scapania |
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| Sphagnum |
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| At 400m, still no base |
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| The end of the day, and the rainbow |
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| Homework |
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