In my mind the colours most commonly associated with the high moor and the reservoirs are blue, grey, black and gold but every now and then there's a jolt of bright green.
Grass regenerating after fire on Ovenden Moor - I love the way it looks like spreading green flames.
Horsetail growing in profusion at the far end of Leeming Reservoir, looking like prehistoric palm trees and indeed a 'living fossil'.
The sawn stump of a fallen tree at Gorpley Clough refuses to die and sends out masses of new growth.
A clump of Cotton Grass growing in a tiny pool on Oxenhope moor shivers in the wind and looks like some kind of furry sloth.
Part of an unbelievably extensive patch of moss on the way to Green Withens appropriately enough. The wildly undulating contours mirror the rippling surface of that reservoir.
A seemingly delicate fern growing through the bare, stony bank of Light Hazzles Reservoir.
The sawn stump of a fallen tree at Gorpley Clough refuses to die and sends out masses of new growth.
A clump of Cotton Grass growing in a tiny pool on Oxenhope moor shivers in the wind and looks like some kind of furry sloth.
Angie, Catchwater gets evermore exciting each time I look at it; I thought your photos of the rock pool and reservoir were beautiful but these latest ones of growth and regrowth of moorland plants takes my breath away!
ReplyDeleteYour close observation of the natural world is to be admired
Sue