We get lots of different people volunteering for us at Forsinard and coming from a wide range of ages, locations and backgrounds tends to make them an interesting group of people. They often have hidden talents that come to light over the time that they spend with us and so this blog is dedicated to the hidden talent of the rather modest Sam Watson; one of our current residential volunteers. It turns out that Sam is an extremely good photographer and so (with his permission) I have managed to persuade him to show-off some of his photographs from the Forsinard reserve.
Sam (on the right) and I taking peat measurements on the reserve (Photo Andy Hay - rspb-images.com)
So, sit back and have a look at some of the lovely images of Sam Watson...
Bog Cotton across the flows - 2013 was a particularly good year for it.
Red deer on the horizon.
Bog cotton in the breeze
Common toad lurcking in the vegetation
Carniverous sundew
The beautiful flowers of Heather; in this case Erica tetralix (cross-leaved heath)
Black darter pausing for a moment near one of the bog pools
Common frog with a big grin