Friday, May 18, 2012

Wood of Cree to Loch Middle–14th April 2012

We have often walked in the RSPBs Wood of Cree, but decided to walk a bit further to Loch Middle.
1-wood-anemoneWood Anemone
2-long-tail
Long-tailed Tit with food
We watched this Treecreeper for some time building its nest in a gap near the base of a tree
17-trees
Ancient woodland
18-waterfall
Waterfalls
19-waterfall

20-waterfall

21-dor-beetle
Dor Beetle, there is always dozens here on the paths
22-wood-info-board
Tree information board
23-dog-violets
Dog Violets
24-celandines
Celandines
25-logs
Plenty of logging been going on here
26-tree-pipit
Tree Pipit taking off from its vantage point
27-pond-skaters
Pond Skaters
28-Eristalis-intricarius
Bee mimic Eristalis Intricarius
29-Loch-Middle
Loch Middle
30-tadpoles
Plenty of tadpoles still in the puddles
31-cottage-ruin
Cottage ruins
32-lichen
Lichen covered tree
33-pussy-willow
Pussy willows
34-Cree-view
From the viewpoint overlooking the Cree
35-bracket-fungi
Bracket Fungi
36-nestbox
I know there is an abundance of nesting material here but this is a bit of overkill!
37-moss
If you stand still in this woods long enough, moss grows up your legs!
38-blackcap
A male Blackcap was singing back near the car park

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Auchie Glen & Mull of Galloway 7th April 2012

A walk down Auchie Glen to see what wildlife was about.
1 chiffchaff
Chiffchaff
2-blossom
Blossom & blue sky
3-primrose
Primroses
4-bluetit
Bluetit
5 linnet
Linnet
6-lamb
Lamb
7-blackthorn
Blackthorn
8-ramsons
Ramsons or Wild Garlic
9 7-spot
7 Spot Ladybird
10-oposite-leaved-golden-saxifrage
Opposite–leaved Golden Saxifrage
11-stitchwort
Greater Stitchwort
12 very-early-mining-bee
Very Early Mining Bee
13-peacock
Peacock Butterfly
14-wren
Wren
15-Mull
Mull of Galloway
16-Auchie-Glen
Auchie Glen
17-footpath
Footpath sign at top of Auchie Glen.
Next stop the Mull of Galloway.
18-Mull-lighthouse
Lighthouse lamp
19-wheatear
Distant Wheatear
20 rock pipit
Rock Pipit down at the fog horn
21-on-camera
Guillimots trying to get on camera!
22-common-scurvygrass
Common Scurvygrass
23-sea-campion
Sea Campion
24-lighthouse
Mull of Galloway Lighthouse