The Wastart is really carpeted with wild flowers, every possible niche provides support for the rich flora and in places it is impossible to walk without treading on the flowers. Wet areas such as the bank between the shore and the Red Well (above) and the lazy beds beneath Pitheughie are thick with the bold magenta spikes of Northern marsh-orchids (Dactylorhiza purpurella). The paler more variable early marsh orchids are just coming into flower.
At Craig Ogston (left) the pinkish mauve cushions of thrift,(Armeria maritima) locally Wastart daisies, are starting to fade, here as elsewhere the recent dry spell has given already given the grass a parched mid-summer look. This contrasts sharply with the lush growth of boggy areas.
A chink in the rocks at the Stone Steps supports a colony of co-habiting thrift (Armeria maritima) sea campion (Silene maritima) and lovage (Lingusticum scoticum)
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