A couple of a hundred metres from the car park the track through Balblair woods reaches the Culmaily Burn along which the trees have been cut back to allow the passage of two power lines. The burn is crossed by means of a sturdy wooden bridge, where we always stop to peer down....
....into its peaty waters. The burn rises in Loch Lunndaidh, falling quickly before running under the A9 and draining the flat lands of Culmaily Farm, whence it passes through Balblair woods to end its short journey in Loch Fleet. Normally there isn't much to see in the burn but today....
....with the burn still low after the dry weather we spotted....
....a large dragonfly hovering over the water to deposit its eggs. It was one of two, both constantly dipping in and out of the water but....
....not all of the eggs were placed in the water, some being....
....pushed quite deep into sand.
The rapidity with which the eggs were laid was such that, in the shadows of the burn, it was difficult to get a good pictures but, from what I can see, I would guess this was a common hawker.
A couple of a hundred metres from the car park the track through Balblair woods reaches the Culmaily Burn along which the trees have been cut back to allow the passage of two power lines. The burn is crossed by means of a sturdy wooden bridge, where we always stop to peer down....
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