Up early on the Southern Upland Way above Castle Kennedy. Started offquite sunny and then clouded over, I forgot I still had my polariser on so pictures not up to my usual standard!
Clouded Magpie moth
We watched a family of Kestrels for some time, the youngsters quite clumsy!
We think there were 4 young ones
Spotted orchid
Grey wagtail
Willow Warbler
Stoat running along the wall
Our first Scottish Slow Worm!
Cinnabar Moth Caterpillars
Young Whinchat
Male Whinchat
Slime mould?
A brief glimpse of a couple of Jays in the distance
Common Heath Moth
Northern Eggar moth caterpillar
Yellow Waterlily
White Waterlily
Lots of frog & toadlets about, these not yet ready to leave the loch
Clouded Buff
Marsh Cinquefoil
Large Skipper
Valerian
Sedge Warbler
Young Redpoll (I think!)
Sexton Beetle (nicrophorus vespliloides)
Ragged Robin
Sneezewort
Female Whinchat
5 comments:
I'm not sure about the one after the Jays (was it a moth or butterfly? Hard to make out), but you were correct about the Clouded Buff and Clouded Magpie Moths :).
Such a beautiful bounty of photos. My favorite today is the tadpoles. nellie
What a fantastic selection of photo's. You obviously had a wonderful time there!
What an excellent selection of local wildlife pictures you've got here - all for the price of keeping your eyes open I suspect.
"Heaven only knows we live in a world
Where what we call beautiful is just something on sale"
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