1. The diversity of the lochside aquatic flora in the Balmaha Marshes is a reflection of the site’s sheltered position.
1. The diversity of the lochside aquatic flora in the Balmaha Marshes is a reflection of the site’s sheltered position.
2. The magnificent royal fern was brought to the brink of local extinction through over-collecting.
3. Floristically rich fens such as the Aber Bogs are found in few parts of Scotland.
4. The River Endrick below Balfron bridge has a well-developed river bank flora.
5. An eye-catching plant, the Loch Lomond dock is found nowhere else in Britain.
6. Tussocks of elongated sedge in periodically flooded woodland.
7. Undisturbed by the plough, the grassland fringing Dumbrock Loch is particularly rich in orchid species.
8. The tufted loosestrife is a characteristic member of the Endrick flood meadow community.
9. Short-eared owls are attracted by the high number of voles found in young conifer plantations (John Knowler).
10. A male capercaillie at his courtship display area in spring (John Knowler).
11. A hen capercaillie incubates her eggs at the foot of an aspen tree in deciduous woodland.
12. Cloudberry is abundant on the slopes of Hart Hill in the Campsies.
13. Red campion and mossy saxifrage grow in profusion on a basalt cliff in the Campsie Fells.
14. A red carpet of nationally scarce waterworts on the exposed bed of Kilmannan reservoir.
15. A red-throated diver nests beside a lonely high-level lochan (John Knowler).
16. The mountain ringlet is Britain’s only alpine butterfly (Norman Tait).