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 Fencepost of the Week #229

Snow Pole

 Fencepost of the Week #228

A 2m high wooden post by the side of the road, painted in black and white bands to indicate the line of the road in deep snow.

iNaturalist Population Maps

 It's not perfect data by any means, but you can make some pretty interesting insights by browsing iNaturalist's species maps.

As someone who was very enthusiastic about reptlies growing up, it was always perplexing to me how I could never find any reptiles near where I lived in Central Scotland. Whenever I went on holiday I would find plenty, but not at home. As you can see from the iNaturalist data, I am not alone in finding reptiles to be scarce in the Central Belt.

Adder - Vipera berus - iNaturalist observations.

Slow worm - Anguis fragilis - iNaturalist observations

Also, Slow worms *really dislike* Italy:

Bleached n Blobbed

 Fencepost of the Week #227

Sun bleached wood and blobs of moss. Lovely.

Some Weather

 Fencepost of the Week #226

Given the amount of weathering on display here here; I think there might be quite a lot of weather in the area where this fencepost is situated.

Heather

 Fencepost of the Week #225

A couple of nice, heathery fenceposts at eventide.

 

 

Dalriada Project Post

 Fencepost of the Week #224

When your path marker-posts look like this, you know you are in for a boggy time! ^_^

These posts, show the insigna of the Dalriada Project, which built a path network around The Kilmartin Glen area. 

The path was new (and posts completely devoid of lichen) in 2010. 

The path I took - between Cairnbaan and Dunadd - is holding up fairly well. It has some really excellent plastic boardwalk sections, but there are some slippery stone slab sections and some very slippery wooden plank sections, which would make me shy of recommending it for anyone without good balance.