On our last day in Dumfries we visted Threave. There's a stately home with gardens, a castle and a nature reserve. It was a beautiful day, so we stayed in the outdoors!
Threave Gardens, owned by
National Trust for Scotland, are beautiful, with woodland areas, wetland areas and wildflower meadows.
There are some lovely touches to help wildlife including this bat roost
this area for the bees
and this bee and bug hotel
Some nice sculptures too, including this wonderful piece by
Ronald Rae
which has all sorts of detail in it, including ducks, a wolf and a human figure.
this herd of Belted Galloway cattle (a local breed) in the picnic area
and this lovely Japanese style water feature
Again lots of wildlife, particularly butterflies! I have never seen so many butterflies anywhere as we did last week in Dumfries and Galloway! The highlight at Threave was seeing this wall butterfly
After lunch on the cafe balcony at the gardens we drove a wee bit further over to Threave Nature Reserve, which incorporates a pretty walk to the river
where you can get a boat to
Threave Castle
We were too late in the season to see the ospreys at their nest, but we were delighted to see about 8 red kites, which are wonderful raptors to see, so colourful and so large!
3 comments:
Hello, what a lovely garden. I like the bee hotel and the sculptures are cool. Great sighting of the Osprey!
wow ,thses pics are beautiful and captivating!!!
really enjoyed this virtual trip to your wonderful part of land my friend!
We have many kind of raptors - especially in winter - but I don't think Kites. A magnificent bird!
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