Scots pine photo gallery

Scots pine and bracken in early autumn, beside Loch Affric

Scots pine overlooking Loch Affric, Glen Affric National Nature Reserve

Scots pine and blooming heather in Glen Affric NNR

Scots pine in Glen Affric NNR.

Scots pines at Stabbursdalen in Norway

Lone Scots pine on the north shore of Loch Affric.

Scots pine amongst birches in autumn, Glen Affric NNR.

Scots pine amongst birches in winter, Glen Affric NNR.

Scots pine amongst birches in autumn, Glen Affric NNR. This is the same scene as in the previous photograph.

Scots pine beside Loch Beinn a'Mheadhoin, Glen Affric NNR.

Scots pine beside Loch Affric.

Scots pine in autumn amongst birches, with blaeberries on the forest floor, Glen Affric NNR.

Scots pine in Glen Strathfarrar.

Scots pines covered in snow in winter, Glen Affric NNR.

Scots pine and birches in autumn on Dundreggan, Glen Moriston.

Male flowers of a Scots pine.

Needles and buds of a Scots pine covered in hoar frost in winter.

Scots pines beside a cascading stream on Dundreggan, Glen Moriston.

Needles and buds of a Scots pine covered in hoar frost in winter.

Scots pine and birches in autumn on Dundreggan, Glen Moriston.

Caterpillar of the pine looper moth (Bupalus piniaria), well-camouflaged as it feeds on pine needles.

Scots pine and birches in autumn on Dundreggan, Glen Moriston.

Bark detail of a Scots pine.

A Scots pine seed, lying on a bed of slender mouse-tail moss (Isothecium myosuroides).

Newly-germinated Scots pine seedling, amongst acute-leaved bog-moss (Sphagnum capillifolium).

Standing dead pines, or snags, in Glen Affric NNR.

A rowan seedling changing colour in autumn, in the fork of a branch of a mature Scots pine.

Pine looper moth (Bupalus piniaria) on a blaeberry plant in Glen Affric NNR.

Buds and one year old cones of a Scots pine.

Bark detail of a Scots pine.

A wood ant nest beside a Scot pine in Glen Affric NNR.

'Candling' buds and one year old cones on a Scots pine in spring.

Branch detail of a Scots pine in autumn, showing the orange-red colour of the young bark.

Scots pine amongst birches in autumn, Glen Strathfarrar.

Scots pines beside the Findhorn River in autumn.

Scots pines and birches in autumn, Glen Affric NNR.

Scots pines and birches in fog in autumn, Glen Affric NNR.

Scots pine trunks and bracken in autumn.

Scots pines and birches in autumn, Loch Beinn a'Mheadhoin, Glen Affric NNR.

Scots pine trunks and birches in autumn, Glen Affric NNR.

 Detail of a Scots pine, showing the orange-red colour of the upper branches.

Scots pines beside Loch Maree, with the peak of Slioch behind.

Bark detail of a Scots pine, with lichen and cowberry.

Resin-covered buds of a Scots pine in early spring.

Scots pine in Glen Affric NNR.

Bark detail of a Scots pine.

 'Candling' buds of a Scots pine in spring.

Newly-germinated Scots pine seedling, amongst cones on the forest floor.

Scots pine in Glen Strathfarrar.

Large, old Scots pines, especially multi-trunked ones like this, are affectionately known as 'Granny pines'.