It is as if a golden sea is breaking against the rocky island of Bheinn Bhraggie, a sea in which....
....the ordinary creatures seem lost, overwhelmed by the magnificent flowering of this year's gorse. It has even attracted a bird we feared we might have lost, as we've not seen....
....a stonechat in several months, and they're usually a feature of our winters, often found in pairs on the links at places like Littleferry.
One species is making a vain attempt to match the gorse: this is the first tormentil of the season, an unusual flower in that it has only four petals but also because we often find it in exposed places high in the hills, places where gorse doesn't venture.
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