Nature Image of the week No.2
A wooded ravine in Knapdale, Argyll.  Not the most incised section of this burn - you can walk up this part without much difficulty, or even getting wet if you have wellies on.  But I liked the way the foam from the waterfall, just out of shot upstream, has delineated all the rocks in the burn.

Everything is looking so lush and green just now, but some of the leaves on the trees are starting to turn and fall.  It won't be long before the bryophytes re-claim their sole rights to green-ness.

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Bryophyte photo of the week
Breutelia chrysocoma

A beautiful, quite large moss that occurs in flushes and wet places.  This was found up a burn near Cairnbaan on a steeply sloping bank.  It made it easy to photograph as I could get numerous stems in focus.

It has a very restricted distribution in Europe, liking the mild and wet climate of the extreme west of the continent.  Needless to say, it's relatively frequent here in Argyll.

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Can it really be Autumn already?
I guess so, given that it's mostly been winter for most of this summer in Argyll.  Captured this fallen birch leaf suspended in damp grass this week.

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Or here:
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