Rampant Scotland Directory! The Rampant Scotland Newsletter is published every Saturday evening (Scottish local time!) and provides a weekly insight into what has been happening in Scotland, snipped from the Scottish media, for Scots in Scotland and abroad, bringing you news, events and photographs plus a Scottish magazine section.
Each week there is also a colour supplement containing large illustrations of flowers, birds, animals, butterflies and scenery which have been seen around Scotland in the preceding week. It thus forms a record of the changing seasons throughout the year. The previous editions currently available on-line are:
2008
- 17 May 2008 A Rhododendron with reddish buds which open to reveal apricot flowers with an orange tinge at the edges; an unusually dark coloured Trillium which has gathered "popular" names like Lamb's Quarters and Wet Dog Trillium; an obliging Damselfly on the back of my hand, posing while I took its portrait; a scary close-up photo of a Damselfly; Abutilon flower with unusual deep red and black markings; a pure white Mecanopsis, originally from the Himalayas; a Mistle Thrush, which is larger than the more frequently seen Song Thrush; a brilliant, golden-yellow Azalea.
- 10 May 2008 Male Orange Tip Butterfly, with the distinctive markings on its upper wings that give it its name; female Orange Tip Butterfly with mottled green and white underwing markings, feeding on a Ramsons Wild Garlic flower; an exotic looking "Flaming Parrot" Tulip; Bellis flowers, derived from the common wild daisy; a Heron perched high in a tree instead of at the edge of water; Choisya with its attractive clusters of sweetly scented flowers.
- 3 May 2008 Two young lambs enjoying the sunshine, but keeping close to one another for warmth; Dandelions rivalling many of the more cultivated plants in suburban gardens; Common Dog Violet with delicate flowers smaller than a thumb-nail; a swathe of golden daffodils with historic Loch Leven Castle in the background; Gorse, with its ability to flower at any time of year; a flock of Greylag and Pink-footed Geese filling the sky; Sunset from the loft window from my own house.
- 26 April 2008 The Firth of Clyde, looking north towards Loch Long; Western Ferries terminus at Hunter's Quay on Cowal, with "Sound of Suna" departing; statue to "Highland Mary", immortalised by Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns; ruins of Castle Toward, south of Dunoon, owned by the Lamonts and captured and burnt by the Campbells; the new Castle Toward, built as a mansion house in the 1820s; a Treecreeper bird, running up a tree trunk, probing the bark with its curved bill; a brightly coloured Anemone in the walled garden at Culzean Castle Country Park.
- 19 April 2008 Newly-born spring lambs; Polyanthus with an unusual mixture of colours; Star Magnolia, or Magnolia Stellata, with large (3-4 inches across) fragrant flowers; a multi-headed white daffodil (that doesn't even look like a daffodil); Highland cow with brilliantly-coloured long hair glowing in the sunshine; Song Thrush; a Water Rail - a rarely seen bird that squeals like a piglet!
- 12 April 2008 Loch of Lowes in Perthshire near Dunkeld, a popular wildlife reserve because of the ospreys that nest there every year; a close-up of a male pheasant, resplendent in his breeding plumage; Aberdour Castle on the coast of Fife, a defensive tower house, enlarged over the centuries to become a comfortable manor house; the Fife Coastal Path between Delgaty Bay and Aberdour, with golden daffodils on either side stretching into the distance; a striking white Peacock on a wall at Scone Palace; Scone Palace itself, with colourful heathers in the foreground.
- 5 April 2008 A general view of Bell's Heather Garden, Perth, housing Europe's largest collection of heathers; one of the garden' 900 varieties of heather, named "White Perfection"; a striking Primula Denticulata (also known as the "drumstick primrose"); Primula Veris, more commonly known as "Cowslip"; cherry blossoms silhouetted against a blue sky in Rodney Garden, Perth; Highland cattle with their young calves - including a honey-brown youngster and its black mother.
- 29 March 2008 All the graphics are from Culzean Country Park in Ayrshire and include a Mandarin Duck, resplendent in its amazingly colourful spring breeding plumage; a pink Magnolia, covered in blossom and a close-up of a white Magnolia with a blush of pink at the base of the petals; a particularly attractive double daffodil, with a frilly trumpet; a brightly-coloured Euphorbia, covered in its bright pom-pom like flowers (each larger than a fist); a deep crimson Rhododendron - and a larger white variety, with a crimson throat.
- 22 March 2008 Stirling Castle, with its ornate statues, on a dull, grey day; a bank of flowering daffodils, beneath Stirling Castle; the Church of the Holy Rude, the last remaining Scots church to have staged a Coronation; Pintails, with the distinctive plumage (and two elongated tail feathers) sported by the male bird; Kestrel, perched on the branch of a dead tree; Teals that have overwintered here from Iceland and northern Europe; crocuses, now fully open - so long as it is bright enough.
- 15 March 2008 Mainly from Edinburgh's Royal Mile: the Scottish Parliament building; a massive granite sculpture of a lion, on display in Holyrood Park since last year; the life-size statue of Greyfriars Bobby, the 19th century Skye terrier who remained by his master's grave for 14 years; a life-size, decorated, fibre-glass cow - with festival fireworks painted on its sides; "The Scottish Experience" one of the many cut-price souvenir shops on the Royal Mile; Polyanthus flowers, soaked by rain.
- 8 March 2008 The purple striped crocuses from last week, now surrounded by snow-covered ground; Snowdrops living up to their name, struggling through the snow; yellow crocuses also nearly covered by snow; a Robin looking a bit puzzled by the snow - but then accessing a peanut cake in a cage designed for finches; the height of the snowfall on Monday of this week in my garden.
- 1 March 2008 St Bride's Church in the village of Douglas in South Lanarkshire, dating from the 12th century; Douglas mausoleum in the church, an impressive series of three medieval burial tombs; Douglas Castle which originated in the 13th century; a memorial to the Cameronian Regiment in the parkland of Douglas Castle; a memorial garden to 4,000 Polish troops stationed in Douglas in World War II; Wanlockhead in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland's highest village; War Memorial in Wanlockhead; purple stripes of crocuses covered in raindrops.
- 23 February 2008 An unusual, double (triple?) snowdrop with green markings and an aristocratic name of "Lady Beatrix Stanley" and another with green tips named "Magnet"; Culzean Castle with its date palms growing in front of the building; Osteospermum flowers were still blooming last November and the new season's plants are already opening up; a white Mallard on the Swan Pond at Culzean; a cheeky and bold Robin; woodland walk along the cliffs above the sea at Culzean Country Park.
- 16 February 2008 Red blossom on a very early-flowering Cherry tree; Winter Aconites with far more than the usual layer of single petals; Snowdrop Jacquenetta; Leucojum - also known as Snowflake; a Snowdrop variety named "Grumpy" due to its markings; Helleborus with its cup-shaped flowers; Rock Pipit, though its markings allowed it to merge in with the rocks; a stream and woodland, with the setting sun streaming between the branches.
- 9 February 2008 The soaring neo-Jacobean architecture of the Assembly Hall in Edinburgh; an imposing statue of John Knox; fine equestrian statue of Earl Haig, commander-in-chief of the British army in the First World War; lion rampant shield and the motto "Nemo Me Impune Lacessit"; fine statues of the Scottish heroes King Robert the Bruce and Sir William Wallace; a bronze fountain near the site on which hundreds of "witches" were burned at the stake in the 16th century.
- 2 February 2008 Glowing yellow strands of Hamamelis (Witch Hazel) flowers; Snowdrops, a sign of impending spring; the red berries of a Skimmia Japonica; a winter-flowering Rhododendron; a fast-flowing Waterfall; Mahonia leaves looking more typical of autumn than mid-winter.
- 26 January 2008 A wintry-looking Edinburgh Castle, with grey skies and the rocks glistening in the rain; Scott Monument in Princes Street Gardens and the five-star Balmoral Hotel; the approaches to Waverley Station; the elegant houses of Ramsay Gardens; St Giles cathedral; hailstones on the ground providing an unusual backdrop to a Skimmia Japonica.
- 19 January 2008 Forth Rail Bridge; Shark, Deep Sea World, North Queensferry; stingray undulating across the roof of an underwater tunnel; feeding time for a grey seal named "Heather"; Forth Road Bridge silhouetted against the setting sun.
- 12 January 2008 Sun setting below the horizon - in a blaze of gloriously coloured skies; a dead tree trunk covered in fungi; a rainbow with a backdrop of the Campsie Hills, north of Glasgow; storm damage caused by the hurricane-force winds on Tuesday night; a Blue Tit on the branches of a hawthorn tree.
- 5 January 2008 Swans swimming along in line-astern formation surrounded by ice; an injured swan being rescued by the SSPCA; a section of Edinburgh's Royal Mile including the Tron Kirk; the distinctive spire of St Giles Cathedral; the full Moon on 24 December.
2007
- 15 December 2007 Bank of Scotland head office illuminated at night; blood red coloured bracts of Poinsettia; 19th century "Kibble Palace" in Kelvingrove Botanic Gardens; Silverburn Shopping Mall in the Pollok district of Glasgow; delicate-looking flowers of Viburnum.
- 8 December 2007 Edinburgh Castle, as the rain swept over the esplanade; Princes Street, Edinburgh, at night; a Helter Skelter (a slide built in a spiral around a high tower); a traditional "merry-go-round" in front of a Ferris wheel; a "German Market" with many stalls selling, among other items, models of Bavarian houses; East Princes Street Gardens, showing the "Winter Wonderland" ice skating rink as well as the other amusements.
- 1 December 2007 Christmas lights in George Square in Glasgow; Ceiling of Light at Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) in Glasgow; Orchids at Kelvingrove Botanic Garden; Pelargoniums (also known as geraniums).
- 24 November 2007 An atmospheric picture of the sunset at Drumpellier Country Park in North Lanarkshire; long spikes of small yellow flowers of Mahonia; Great Hall in Stirling Castle; bright yellow blooms of the Welsh Poppy; an almost full moon rising above the leafless trees.
- 17 November 2007 A collection of birds at Hogganfield Loch in Glasgow, including a family of Whooper Swans, a sleek, streamlined Goosander, a Black-headed Gull and a Goldeneye; and a sunset, with the sun dipping towards the horizon and lighting up the clouds.
- 10 November 2007 Flowers of Hypericum (also known as Rose of Sharon), Antirrhinum, Foxglove, Cistus and Fuchsia.
- 3 November 2007 A Red Admiral butterfly basking on a pure white Marguerite daisy; Osteospermum flower; a stag and his herd of red deer at Culzean Castle and Country Park; a raspberry ripple ice-cream cone - being consumed at the end of October!; Gazania flower which only opens up when there is sun; a busy bee was taking advantage of the spell of mild weather and some sunshine.
- 27 October 2007 The autumn leaves of a fiery acer tree in front of Drummond Castle in Perthshire; brilliant white petals of Eucryphia; bright red hips of Rosa Rugosa; a fearsome Crocodile beside an ornamental pond at Drummond Castle; the showy, intensely bright flowers of Nasturtium; purple Colchicum, the "Autumn Crocus".
- 20 October 2007 "Seashells", one of the prettiest varieties of Cosmos flowers; Helichrysum, the so-called "Everlasting" flower with a Small Tortoiseshell butterfly; juicy red apples; Evergreen International Boeing 747 heading for Prestwick Airport; a heron hunched intently over a rock pool at Hogganfield Loch; bright, colourful chrysanthemums, photographed on a sunny day.
- 13 October 2007 A tall white Anemone Japonica; Rosa Rugosa, a species of rose native to eastern Asia; Painted Lady and Small Tortoiseshell butterflies feeding voraciously on the Sedum "Autumn Joy"; Dunnock enjoying the seeds of the Pampas Grass; and autumn colours at Drummond Castle gardens.
- 6 October 2007 Gare Loch and Garelochhead, Argyll; paddle steamer "Maid of the Loch" on Loch Lomond; Loch Lomond and the island of Inchmurrin; Pavement Cafe, Cochrane Street, Glasgow; Loch Long in Argyll and the sun was sparkling on its waters.
- 29 September 2007 Luxury liner QE2 at Greenock on her last visit to the river Clyde; Drummond Castle, Perthshire, formal garden design created in 1838 at Drummond Castle; masses of colourful dahlias; and a multi-coloured rose.
- 22 September 2007 Kinross House, which was begun in 1686, by the architect Sir William Bruce; Painted Lady Butterfly enjoy feeding on the globular flowers of Echinops; Peacock Butterfly with its curled up tongue (proboscis); Goldenrod (Solidago) with its frothy spikes of long-lasting, golden yellow flowers; last of the Swallows before they return to their winter quarters in southern Africa - 6,000 miles away; Loch Leven Castle.
- 15 September 2007 Comma Butterfly - which gets its name from the white mark on its underside; Roses growing in the garden of Kinross House; Red Road High Flats, Balornock, Glasgow; Common Hawker Dragonfly at rest on a Hydrangea flower; deep red Dahlia in the walled garden at Culzean Castle Country Park.
- 8 September 2007 Spotted Flycatcher sitting on a favourite fence; harbour at Anstruther in the East Neuk of Fife; Small Copper butterfly in good condition; fishing vessel "Britannia" now recorded in the National Register of Historic Vessels database; the black markings on the wings of a "Large White" butterfly; Rudbeckia flower shining out like a beacon.
- 1 September 2007 Flower of the Indian Bean Tree in the one of the gardens at Culzean Castle Country Park in Ayrshire; Red Admiral butterfly with its wings spread; papery petals of Helichrysum flowers; magnificent blooms of Chrysanthemum; Echinacea - the Cone Flower, which originated in eastern USA; pollen covered bee on a Hollyhock flower.
- 25 August 2007 Red Admiral Butterfly, on a ligularia flower at Culzean Castle; a life-size statue of a pirate...; Cormorant showing off its curved beak; the Wallace Memorial in Robroyston, Glasgow, marking the spot where William Wallace was betrayed and captured; and Gladioli flowers.
- 18 August 2007 Tay Road Bridge, Dundee, from the top of Dundee Law the Tay Rail Bridge, Clarkia amoena (or "Farewell to Spring" or Godetia amoena); Camperdown House, named after a famous naval victory by Scots-born Admiral Adam Duncan; Mesembryanthemum (also known as Dorotheanthus or Livingston Daisy); Dudhope Castle, Dundee (now the University of Abertay's Dundee Business School).
- 11 August 2007 The large flower heads of Teasel; a field of the purple flowers of Phacelia and a close-up of its lovely flower-heads; a second brood of Swallow chicks being fed; striking variety of Scabious or "Pincushion" flower; Rosebuds in the rose garden at Kinross House; red and the white flowers of Lavatera, the tree mallow.
- 4 August 2007 Nasturtiums in an Urn at Swan Pond, Culzean Castle Country Park; A Damselfly that landed on the back of my hand; Hollyhock flowers; Lysimachia Clethroides, better known as Gooseneck Loosestrife; Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly on Verbena Flower; Rhododenrons.
- 28 July 2007 The distinctive markings of a Ringlet butterfly and the more subdued colours of a Meadow Brown butterfly; a Common Sandpiper wading at the side of a loch; the large, colourful trumpets of Lavatera - the tree mallow; an attractive Scops Owl; a hybrid falcon, half Peregrine Falcon and half Saker Falcon.
- 21 July 2007 Greater spotted woodpecker tucking into the peanut feeder; magnificent archway entrance to Scone Palace near Perth; sailing ship "Tenacious" beside Finnieston Crane; the massive new Glasgow Harbour development; a white peacock in full display.
- 14 July 2007 Onopordum, a thistle look-alike that grows to 8 feet high; Coot mother feeding newborn chicks in the nest; tall spires of white delphiniums; Red deer and its white fawn; a very pale, almost white Red deer stag; cornus flowers.
- 7 July 2007 Port Logan Bay in the extreme south-west of Galloway; a particuarly colourful Gazania at the Logan Botanic Gardens; Carlsluith castle, overlooking Wigtown Bay ; the Cistercian Glenluce Abbey, founded by the Lord of Galloway in 1192; Hemerocallis, the Day Lily; Mull of Galloway, the most southerly point in Scotland.
- 30 June 2007 Dianthus "Little Jock"; memorial garden to the victims of the Pan Am Flight 103 blown up over Lockerbie in 1988; Threave Castle in Dumfries and Galloway; a "Slender Thistle"; Comlongon Castle, a massive 14th century tower house; the National Trust for Scotland's Threave Gardens.
- 23 June 2007 "Small Copper" butterfly; the "miniature parasols" of Kalmia flowers; 8 inches long flowers of cardiocrinum giganteum; swallow parent and its hungry offspring; red Mecanopsis punicea and a striking lavender shade of Mecanopsis; flower of Nomocharis, a type of lily.
- 16 June 2007 Stunning white paeonia (peony) with a yellow centre; Painted Lady butterfly in the nature reserve at Lochwinnoch in Renfrewshire; Large Red Damselfly; a young robin with its fluffy feathers; Red Clover; Canada geese.
- 9 June 2007 Great Crested Grebe with a fish and a young grebe; yellow wild iris; female "Variable" damselfly and a male "Common Blue"; Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus), sometimes known in Scotland as "Stinking Billy".
- 2 June 2007 Anstruther harbour, East Neuk of Fife; ice-cream cone; Eider ducks on the north Fife coast, adjacent to Kingsbarns Golf Course; Lilac and Honeysuckle in Cambo House gardens; Cygnets newly hatched in Drumpellier Country Park.
- 26 May 2007 A magnificent late flowering magnolia; mecanopsis - the Himalayan poppy; yellow flowers of the Potentilla shrub; Davidia - the "Handkerchief Tree"; the bell-shaped flowers of Halesia - the Snowdrop Tree; Xerophyllum Tenax or "Bear Grass"; baby sparrow; Coot chicks.
- 19 May 2007 Great Crested Grebe, performing its courtship dance; Coots feeding their Chicks; Mallard shepherding her brood of eleven ducklings; Uefa Cup Banners, George Square, Glasgow; Cameronian Regiment War Memorial in the grounds of Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.
- 12 May 2007 Lochinch Castle near Stranraer; azalea in the grounds of Castle Kennedy; P&O ferry from Belfast in Loch Ryan; bell-shaped flowers of Abutilon; a mature Heron, with a long, black wispy crest; Culzean Castle and its palm trees; clematis on the terraced gardens below Culzean Castle.
- 5 May 2007 Male and female Orange Tip butterfly; three-petalled Trillium in the woodlands of Cluny House in Perthshire; Atholl Palace Hotel, Pitlochry; "Sma' Glen" between Crieff and Aberfeldy; Doronicum in Culzean Castle Country Park; Wade's Bridge, Aberfeldy; salmon fisherman in the river Tummel at Pitlochry.
- 28 April 2007 Multi-coloured Tulips in the walled garden of Kellie Castle; the garden of Cambo Estate, Fife; Spanish Lavender flowers; Fritallaria Imperalis; houses in Crail, fields of yellow Rapeseed; sunset over the rooftops of Anstruther in Fife.
- 21 April 2007 Glendoick House in Angus; a large golden yellow Rhododendron; Erythronium "White Beauty"; Sparrow; golden yellow Magnolia; "candy striped" Camellia, a handsome Pheasant; Pasque Flower / Anemone Pulsatilla.
- 14 April 2007 Scone Palace in Perthshire; a rare Comma butterfly; Pied Wagtail; Chaenomeles flowers; two kids (young goats); white peacock and the normal Indian Blue variety; an attractive, unusual daffodil; Oyster Catchers.
- 7 April 2007 Culzean Castle; magnificent pink magnolias; an unusual variety of daffodil; tiny wood/field mouse; rhododendrons; a "psychotic" chaffinch; a bold Robin; Osteospermum flower; red deer stag, Leucojum or "Snowflake" flower; and the beach at Culzean.
- 31 March 2007 Loch Lomond in the "gloamin" (twilight); Redshanks and Eider Duck in the Firth of Forth; Rhododendron in Glenarn Garden in Helensburgh; the iridescent feathers of a drake Mallard; the University of Glasgow, with the river Kelvin below.
- 24 March 2007 A host of golden daffodils, growing along the Fife Coastal Path between Dalgety Bay and Aberdour.
- 17 March 2007 Polyanthus flowers; raindrops on Crocus; large cup-shaped flowers of the Helleborus; easyJet Airbus A319 on its approach to Glasgow airport; rhododendron flowers; Prunus flowers.
- 10 March 2007 Purple and white striped crocus; white crocus with contrasting orange stamens; roe deer; daffodils; a white camellia; a raging torrent after heavy rain.
- 3 March 2007 All located in Glasgow - Mitchell Library; Greek Thomson Church for the United Presbyterians; Duke of Wellington in Royal Exchange Square; a clock with running legs, outside the Buchanan Bus Station; Gallery of Modern Art, Radisson SAS Hotel.
- 24 February 2007 Goldeneye and Tufted Ducks; a serene Black Swan; sunny Snowdrops; Kilsyth, nestling below the hills in the distance; Forth and Clyde Canal at the village of Twechar.
- 17 February 2007 Camellia flower; Winter flowering Jasmine; a young Herring Gull puzzled by a football; Black Headed Gull on Ice; and winter-flowering Rhododendrons.
- 10 February 2007 Snowdrops in Colzium Lennox Estate in North Lanarkshire; Hamamelis (also known as "witch hazel"); Iris Reticulata; the pink flowers of Viburnum standing out against the blue sky; and the "last rose of winter".
- 3 February 2007 Sunset, Glasgow Fort, Easterhouse; River Clyde at Scotstoun; panoramic view of some of the shops on Princes Street, Edinburgh; white Carrara marble statue of Sir Walter Scott; Royal Scottish Academy.
- 27 January 2007 Holyrood Park Edinburgh, St Leonard's Hall and Chancellor's Court at Pollok Halls of Residence for Edinburgh University students, the Royal Observatory at Blackford Hill, Prestonfield House - and a Highland Cow.
- 20 January 2007 A snow-covered Dumgoyne Hill and Campsie Fells, a view down the lovely Tay Valley at Perth, Huntingtower Castle, flowering catkins, leafless trees and Balhousie Castle - museum of the Black Watch Royal Highland Regiment.
- 13 January 2007 Views around Perth, including the river Tay, the High Street, statue of the "Fair Maid of Perth", the Fergusson Gallery (formerly a neo-classical style water works), St John's Kirk and whimsical animal sculptures on top of the walls of the flood defences.
- 6 January 2007 Mist swirling amongst the trees, Drumpellier Country Park in North Lanarkshire; a swan emerging from the same mist; Pollok House (in the sun); the Campsie Hills; Craigton Burn, Mugdock Country Park.
2006
- 16 December 2006 The view at night from Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh, looking towards the castle, the huge illuminated Christmas tree on The Mound, leading to Edinburgh Castle, Princes Street Gardens at Christmas with its skating rink and Ferris Wheel and the moon, just rising, beside the floodlit Balmoral Hotel.
- 9 December 2006 Edinburgh Castle at night, the Edinburgh skyline from Calton Hill, Bank of Scotland at night, the buildings on top of Calton Hill, Jenners Department Store in Princes Street, the Ferris wheel beside the Scott Monument in Princes Street Gardens.
- 2 December 2006 Christmas tree and lights in Glasgow's George Square and "Ceiling of Light" at the Gallery of Modern Art in Royal Exchange Square.
- 25 November 2006 University of Glasgow from Kelvingrove Park, a Grey Squirrel, pigeons, Stewart Fountain, Monarch Airlines Airbus at Glasgow Airport.
- 18 November 2006 Ruddy Duck and a Tufted Duck, Whooper Swan and its Cygnet, male and female Goldeneye.
- 11 November 2006 Sunset near Kinross, male and female Goosander, Mallard, Young Great Crested Grebe, and Rook.
- 4 November 2006 Autumn sun at Hogganfield Loch in Glasgow, Whooper Swans just arrived from Iceland, resident Mute Swan and Coot plus large yellow flower spikes of Mahonia.
- 28 October 2006 A misty Edinburgh Castle in the rain, Princes Street shops and Gardens (with the Scott Monument and Balmoral Hotel), Drumpellier Country Park Peace Garden, button chrysanthemums and, finally, the sun trying to peek out from behind the clouds.
- 21 October 2006 "Egbert", the Little Egret at Loch Leven; village of Scotlandwell, nestling under Bishop Hill, Perth and Kinross; Mosaic Puff Ball Mushroom; red ivy; historic Smithy at Gretna Green.
- 14 October 2006 Glasgow Arc (also known as the Squinty Bridge), Glasgow City Chambers and George Square, the Art Deco Beresford Hotel, Finnieston Crane, Glasgow Hilton Hotel, and a taxi advertising Glasgow as a Commonwealth Games candidate city.
- 7 October 2006 Kinneil House in Bo'ness, the road and rail bridges over the river Forth, Grangemouth, The House of the Binns in West Lothian, the Fountain in Linlithgow Palace, cormorants.
- 30 September 2006 The ruined archway framing Culzean Castle, Colchicum - the "Autumn Crocus", young fawn, Kellie Castle in Fife, BAE shipyard on the river Clyde and a Red Admiral butterfly.
- 23 September 2006 Anemone Japonica, Apples "Red Victoria" Moth "Silver Y", Dahlia "Glorie van Heemstede", Clematis and a Painted Lady Butterfly.
- 16 September 2006 Turnberry Golf Hotel, Dunure Castle, Sloe berries, Arran across the Firth of Clyde, an evening seascape and Ailsa Craig.
- 9 September 2006 Various views of Glamis Castle including its Italian Garden, Hollyhock and Achillea flowers and an acrobatic Grey Squirrel.
- 2 September 2006 Entrance gate to Culzean Castle, male and female Common Darter Dragonfly, Dahlia, Chrysanthemum and Gladioli flowers, Small Copper Butterfly.
- 26 August 2006 Sparrowhawk, Gourock and Firth of Clyde from Lyle Hill, Globe Artichoke, Fuschia and Hydrangea flowers and a Painted Lady butterfly.
- 19 August 2006 Small Copper, Green Veined White and Peacock butterflies, young swallows in their nest and Rowan (Mountain Ash) berries.
- 12 August 2006 Balvaird Castle in Perthshire, Peacock Butterfly, Kinross House and Garden with Loch Leven Castle, a Field of Wheat, flower of Cosmos "Sea Shells".
- 5 August 2006 Red Admiral butterfly, pink rose, Finlaystone House - home of the McMillan clan chief, Inula, Hydrangeas, Lilies, Firth of Clyde and the hills and mountains of Argyll beyond.
- 29 July 2006 Queen Elizabeth Rose in the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Lobelia Forming Flag of St Andrew, Fettes College (Tony Blair's Alma Mater), Ringlet Butterfly, Lavatera flower, Hermitage Castle and a Red Sunset
- 22 July 2006 Birds-foot Trefoil, Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly, a Bee on a Scabious Flower, a green cow, the tranquil river Forth on that sunny afternoon, a Tufted Duck chick and Glasgow's famous Sauchiehall Street.
- 15 July 2006 Godetia, Eryngium and Sweet William flowers, Green-veined White Butterfly, Falkland Palace, a Heron and windsurfing on Castle Semple Loch.
- 8 July 2006 Begonia, Primula Vialii, seven Mallard Ducklings huddled together, Water Lily, Centaurea Macrocephela and Kalmia Latifolia "Bull's Eye" flowers.
- 1 July 2006 Anstruther Harbour, Painted Lady butterfly, Astrantia and White Mecanopsis flowers, Lapwing, thistle and Cirsium.
- 24 June 2006 Cygnet riding on a Swan's back, Cistus and Abutilon flowers, Aberdour Castle, Common Blue Damselfly, a Rose and Inchcolm and Firth of Forth.
- 17 June 2006 Wild Rose, Bar-headed Goose, Pink Purslane, Great Crested Grebe and Chicks, Water Avens, Moorhen and Chicks.
- 10 June 2006 Fountain at Culzean Castle, Tulip, Deer and newly-born Calf, Red Admiral Butterfly, Osteospermum, Wisteria, Yellow Iris, Oystercatchers and Chick.
- 3 June 2006 Cygnets, swans, coot chicks and mallard ducklings.
- 27 May 2006 Orange and white azalea, chestnut "candles", Finnieston Bridge (known as the "Squinty Bridge"), grey squirrel, hawthorn blossom, zantedeschia.
- 20 May 2006 Dicentra ("Bleeding Heart"), Blackthorn (Sloe), Mecanopsis, Cassiope Mertensia Gracilis, Trillium, apricot Rhododendron.
- 13 May 2006 Culzean Castle, Orange Tip Butterfly, Apple Blossom, Fox, Trollius, Grey Wagtail
- 6 May 2006 Great Crested Grebe, Daffodils and Rhododendron, Lesser Celandine, Pansies, Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly, Magnolia Stellata, Parrot Tulip, Ranunculus
- 29 April 2006 Bellisle golf course in Ayr, Roe Deer, Magnolia blossoms, Dean Castle, a Ladybird, Cherry Blossom.
- 22 April 2006 Camellias, Polyanthus, Willow Catkins, Sycamore leaves, Rhododendron, Spirea Goldflame, Corylopsis.
- 15 April 2006 Aubretia, Anemone Nemerosa, Geilston Garden, young goats, Skunk Cabbage (Lysichiton), pink Magnolia, Rhododendron.
- 8 April 2006 Polyanthus flower, Grey Squirrel, Princes Street, Edinburgh, Grey Wagtail, Euphorbia flower, Goldeneye.
- 1 April 2006 Spring daffodils, King Robert the Bruce statue, Scottish Saltire flag, Gleneagles Hotel, Wallace Monument and the Ochil Hills.
- 25 March 2006 Snow on Ben Lomond, Redshanks and courting Eider Ducks, Rhododendrons, Helleborus and Sunset from Helensburgh.
- 18 March 2006 Snow scenes at Kilmardinny Loch, a female chaffinch, snow-covered Campsie Hills, grey squirrel and white crocus.
- 11 March 2006 Crocus and Raindrops, Pink-footed Goose, Red shank, Eider Ducks, Sunset over Gare Loch
- 4 March 2006 Firth of Clyde from the island of Cumbrae, the Ayrshire town of Largs, Caledonian MacBrayne car ferry, Cathedral of the Isles, wigeon, golden yellow crocus in Newlands Park and a fiery red sunset over Glasgow
- 25 February 2006 Loch Lomond, Ben Lomond, Canada Geese, Oystercatchers and Helleborus
- 18 February 2006 Female goosander, pair of goldeneye, a carpet of snowdrops, long-tailed tits, feral pigeon and a tufted duck.
- 11 February 2006 Sunset over the water at Gadloch, near Lenzie; Snowdrop and Crocus at Colzium Estate, near Kilsyth, Chaffinch, Orchids at Kelvingrove Botanic Gardens
- 4 February 2006 Frost and Mist, Pochard, white Camellia, pink Hyacinth and the launch of HMS Daring.
- 28 January 2006 Queen Victoria on top of the Doulton Fountain, ships on the river Clyde, Snowdrops, Hammamelis (Witch Hazel), Poinsettia and Heather.
- 21 January 2006 Campsie Fells, Gadwall, Mallard with unusual colours, a swan in full threat pose and Greylag Goose.
- 14 January 2006 Edinburgh Castle, swans, teal, viburnum, coots, bluetit.
- 7 January 2006 Sunset, Drumpellier Country Park, Gulls on Ice, Greylag Goose, Siskin, Goldeneye, Chaffinch.
2005- 17 December 2005 Venus at Sunset, a nearly full moon, rhododendron flower, greenfinches, festive lights at the Gallery of Modern Art and George Square in Glasgow.
- 10 December 2005 Castle Semple Loch just after the sunset, Cotoneaster berries, grey squirrel, male Goosander, Christmas festivities and Ferris Wheel in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh.
- 3 December 2005 Sunset at Lochend Loch, Kestrel, grey squirrel, holly, Burns Memorial Tower, Mauchline and a Mallard on Ice.
- 26 November 2005 Hogganfield Loch at dusk, Christmas lights in Glasgow's George Square, Mahonia, Bullfinch, Shovelar, Goosander.
- 19 November 2005 Hogganfield Loch by moonlight, Dumbarton Castle, Greylag Geese Goldeneye, pink rose.
- 12 November 2005 South Uist from Benbecula, eucryphia, buzzard, pernettya, mute and whooper swans.
- 5 November 2005 Mist on Lochend Loch, little egret, houttuynia, white mallard duck, seascape at Dunbarnie Links in Fife, greylag goose.
- 29 October 2005 Low clouds settling on the Lomond Hills and Loch Leven near Kinross, a grey heron, a Red Admiral butterfly, and the flowers of Nerine, Clematis and a rambling rose.
- 22 October 2005 Waves at Kirkcaldy seafront, dianthus, azalea leaves, delphinium, hydrangea, tradescantia.
- 15 October 2005 Falkland village and palace, vine, eider ducks, gulls.
- 8 October 2005 - Monikie Country Park, cormorant, diascea, Red Admiral butterfly, ruddy duck, gaillardia and helianthus.
- 1 October 2005 - Crathes castle in the sun, red autumn ivy, bright, yellow Helenium, Clematis and a Ruddy Duck and a Tufted Duck.
- 24 September 2005 - Argyrantheum, Dahlia, a stag charging, red admiral butterfly, Katsura Tree, Michaelmas Daisy.
- 17 September 2005 - Little egret, mallard, moorhen chick, heather, seagulls.
- 10 September 2005 - Roses, bramble (blackberry), bee, rudbeckia, red admiral butterfly, robin.
- 3 September 2005 - Lochore country park, wigeon, gadwall, seagull, clematis, magpie.
- 27 August 2005 - Mallard, roses, swallow, tufted duck, starling, damselfly.
- 20 August 2005 - Rowan (mountain ash) berries, thistledown, swan, tufted ducks, peacock and small copper butterflies, squirrel.
- 13 August 2005 - Rose, geum, small tortoiseshell butterfly, eucryphia, helenium, rosa rugosa.
- 6 August 2005 - Gazania, eryngium, hemerocallis, scabiosa, small tortoiseshell butterfly.
- 30 July 2005 - Culzean castle, peacock butterfly, helichrysum, helenium, inula, crocosmia.
- 23 July 2005 - Kinross House, clematis, dahlias, rose, small tortoiseshell butterfly, thistle.
- 16 July 2005 - Culzean castle, common blue butterfly, chaffinch, portalucca flower, stag.
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