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Title: Another one bites the dust!
Post by: Wildfisher on June 12, 2023, 11:25:32 AM
Relax, this has nothing to do with Nicola Sturgeon.  ;D

Had a wee bike run to Leysmill with the drone in my rucksack this morning. Plan was to get some drone pics of the wee  loch where I caught my first trout bigger than a pound back in 1967.

It's gone! Another of the succession victims Vaughan was talking about in the other thread. No sign of any visible water so I didn't even bother launching the aircraft.

Leysmill Moss was a good trout water back then and is also the source of Arbroath's mighty Brothock Burn that gave the town it's proper name - Aberbrothock.

So sad to see these places vanish.

moss.jpg
Title: Re: Another one bites the dust!
Post by: Stonepark on June 12, 2023, 02:44:58 PM
Looks like it has been deliberately drained without planning consent. The 2023 Google Earth photo is interesting.
Title: Re: Another one bites the dust!
Post by: Wildfisher on June 12, 2023, 04:42:02 PM
It is odd. It always had an inlet and an outlet but none of the trees were there. What on earth is that white mass on the left?
Title: Re: Another one bites the dust!
Post by: Fishtales on June 12, 2023, 05:01:19 PM
Quote from: admin on June 12, 2023, 04:42:02 PMIt is odd. It always had an inlet and an outlet but none of the trees were there. What on earth is that white mass on the left?

Looks like it could be Marl looking around Google.
Title: Re: Another one bites the dust!
Post by: Laxdale on June 12, 2023, 08:42:13 PM
Quote from: Stonepark on June 12, 2023, 02:44:58 PMLooks like it has been deliberately drained without planning consent. The 2023 Google Earth photo is interesting.

Used for irrigation, perhaps?
Title: Re: Another one bites the dust!
Post by: Wildfisher on June 12, 2023, 08:44:25 PM
Quote from: Laxdale on June 12, 2023, 08:42:13 PMUsed for irrigation, perhaps?
Possibly, this area is Maris Piper central.