The Culbin Sands Forest Walk 02 06 2023 - six miles
Nowadays the name "Culbin Sands" means a beach, but formerly the name meant a large area of loose dune sand desert which is now the Culbin Forest. In its heyday, the dune system was the largest in Britain.
This long strip of pristine beach is owned by the RSPB,[4] due to its excellent bird habitat, home to Eurasian oystercatchers, Eurasian curlews, common redshanks and other birds. It is made up … (read more)
This long strip of pristine beach is owned by the RSPB,[4] due to its excellent bird habitat, home to Eurasian oystercatchers, Eurasian curlews, common redshanks and other birds. It is made up … (read more)
Panorama from the Fire Watch Tower on Hill 99 over…
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Panorama from the Fire Watch Tower on Hill 99 over the Culbin Forest over the Moray Firth to the Black Isle
Grasped by the trees billions of grains of sand so…
The Gravel Pit, the Culbin Forest
In the 16 sq miles of the Culbin Forest without si…
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In the 16 sq miles of the Culbin Forest without signposting you would become easily lost.
I stood one day upon the hillAnd smelt the tang of…
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I stood one day upon the hillAnd smelt the tang of marsh and sea.I stood one day upon the hill And knew my sould returned to me.
I stood one day upon the hill And felt my shadow t…
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I stood one day upon the hill And felt my shadow turn full cvircle. I stood one day upon the hill And saw the heather turn to purple.
From the track to The Gut
Views over the Moray Firth from the Watch Tower on…
The Gut, Culbin Sands - low-lying salt marshlands…
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The Gut, Culbin Sands - low-lying salt marshlands stretching for several miles inside the largest sandspit in Scotland.
Thrift flowers growing in "the Gut". Thrift was us…
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Armeria maritima, the thrift, sea thrift or sea pink, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae. It is a compact evergreen perennial which grows in low clumps and sends up long stems that support globes of bright pink flowers. In some cases purple, white or red flowers also occur. It is a popular garden flower and has been distributed worldwide as a garden and cut flower. It does well in gardens designed as xeriscapes or rock gardens. The Latin specific epithet maritima means pertaining to the sea or coastal.[2]
With possibly a hundred miles of tracks within the…
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With possibly a hundred miles of tracks within the forest, signposting is essential to avoid walkers losing their bearings in the dense forest.
Memories of the village houses buried under the Cu…
The vast salt marshland between the sandbar and th…
Memories of the village houses buried under the Cu…
The vast salt marshland between the sandbar and th…
The vast salt marshland between the sandbar and th…
The Culbin sandbar across the Gut, an area of low…
Hunters gathered shells feasting in the distant pa…
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