Moorland Burmiston and Saddlebank are situated at the edge o…

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  Moorland Burmiston and Saddlebank are situated at the edge of cultivated land. To the west are large areas of wet moorland.
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  Bridge over the Crachy Burn
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  Burmiston Looking towards Burmiston from the Little Glenshee road. Beyond, and below the farm the land is better drained and more fertile. The wetland in the foreground was well populated by waders, especially whaups (curlew, Numenius arquata).
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  Rough grazing, Saddlebank With the Highland boundary fault in the distance, the land is turning progressively poorer with altitude. This wet grassland will raise a few sheep, but is far more to the taste of the curlews.
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  Myreton Farmhouse
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  Work in progress
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  Plantation at Saddlebank
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  Empty field
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  Road by Saddlebank
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  Mains of Moulin Farm
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  Hay Bales and Farmland Meadowmore Farm
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  Wind turbine near Little Glenshee. Not sure how much impact this will have on the Government's renewable energy quota!
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  Moorland and Bog An extensive area of flat boggy moorland with patches of heather. Formal Hill in the left background.
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  Wind turbine, Mullion This small wind turbine looks broken, so I don't expect it makes much clean energy.
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  Saddlebank Farm
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  Moorland and Bog Mostly boggy with grass and moss, but some raised heathery areas as seen on the right. Montreal Wood in the distance.
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  Curlew (Numenius arquata) The biggest of the grey-brown waders with a long curved bill. There were several of these birds on the fields at Shannoch.
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  Shockie Burn The burn running though an area lightly wooded with willow near Shenval.
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  Shenval and Formal Hill
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  Shenval View along the road to Little Glenshee towards Shenval Cottage.