The Ice Bog

Loved the texture and colour of the grasses and mosses as the winter ice has started to take hold in the Loch Thom area.

Scotland grows world-class bogs. The north and west have just the right blend of mild, moist conditions for the 'Sphagnum' bog mosses that power bog growth to thrive. They produce landscape-blanketing peatlands. In a few other places, there are also 'raised' bogs, formed in large hollows of lowland freshwater that gradually filled with vegetation. Whatever the variety - blanket or raised - Scottish bogs repay a close look to appreciate the colours of their plants.

The humble moss is believed to have created the climate which we enjoy today, from which the life we see all around us evolved.