Around the Clyde: Isle of Bute: Kilchattan Bay

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Isle of Bute: Kilchattan Bay

We had a short but delightful visit to this deserted bay, just two and a half miles from the southernmost part of the island. My photos were taken at the very end of the narrow coast road, near the bus turning area and the shingle beach.

View across the water

The colours of the rocks and pebbles are beautiful, particularly the red sandstone (I brought back a small piece!) There was a lot of different insect life close to the shore.

A Rosy Rustic Moth (Hydraecia micacea)

I was actually holding the ragwort stem quite close to the flower head, to stop it waving about in the breeze, but the moth didn't seem to mind!

Small Copper Butterfly (Lycaena phlaeas)

Very pretty butterfly but harder to photograph than the moth. As always, I could have done with extra time to take more photos!

4 comments:

Kirigalpoththa said...: Delightful place! I love it!!; December 17, 2009 at 4:58 AM
Jane said...: Thanks Kirigalpoththa!; December 17, 2009 at 9:24 AM
Anonymous said...: Nice wildlife pics.Theres a lot of great scenery on Rothesay ,I just didn't stay long enough,I think your fooled into thinking its a small island a couple of days will be enough.

I hope you managed to solve the problem with the fonts on your new blog,I tend to post my pictures a week in advance,if I happen to copy and paste from a word document it seems to upset the fonts on blogger usually making the font size enormous.

Gerry; December 18, 2009 at 1:34 AM
Jane said...: Thanks Gerry, You're right and you definitely need more time on Bute as there's a lot to see.

I think that's what I did - cut and pasted from Word. I must remember not to do that next time!; December 18, 2009 at 2:30 PM

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SONG OF THE CLYDE

"I sing of a river I'm happy beside
The song that I sing is a song of the Clyde
Of all Scottish rivers it’s dearest to me
It flows from Leadhills all the way to the sea
It borders the orchards of Lanark so fair
Meanders through meadows with sheep grazing there
But from Glasgow to Greenock, in towns on each side
The hammers’ ding-dong is the song of the Clyde

(Chorus)
Oh the river Clyde, the wonderful Clyde
The name of it thrills me and fills me with pride
And I'm satisfied whate'er may betide
The sweetest of songs is the song of the Clyde

Imagine we’ve left Craigendoran behind
And wind-happy yachts by Kilcreggan we find
At Kirn and Dunoon and Innellan we stay
Then Scotland’s Madeira that’s Rothesay, they say
Or maybe by Fairlie and Largs we will go
Or over to Millport that thrills people so
Maybe journey to Arran it can't be denied
Those scenes all belong to the song of the Clyde

When sun sets on dockland, there’s beauty to see
The cry of a seabird is music to me
The blast of a horn loudly echoes, and then
A stillness descends on the water again
'Tis here that the sea-going liners are born
But unlike the salmon, they seldom return
Can you wonder the Scots o’er the ocean so wide
Should constantly long for the song of the Clyde?"

The first song I learnt to sing from memory! I don't know who wrote it though I've heard it sung by many well known singers. Here is a link to it sung by Kenneth McKellar (over a great video)!