Friday, June 28, 2013

Garlieston to Eggerness Point–15th June 2013

Not a great day, weather wise but the forecast looked best South Machars so we headed to Garlieston for a walk to Eggerness Point.

1-Garlieston

Garlieston

2-Eggerness

Looking towards Eggerness

3-sea-milkwort

Sea Milkwort

4 common-figwort

Common Figwort

5-baby-whitethroat

Juvenile Whitethroat…

6 Whitethroat

…there was a family about

7-May-blossom

May blossom

8-red-campion

Red Campion

9-common-carpet

Common Carpet

10-common-carpet

 

11-nettletap

Nettletap

12-germander-speedwell

Germander Speedwell

13 red-headed-cardinal-beetle

Red-headed Cardinal Beetle

14 red-headed-cardinal-beetle-2

 

15 red-headed-cardinal-beetle-3

Kirsty decided it was quite friendly!

16-red-headed-cardinal-beetle-4

 

17 pos-ash-dieback

Several Ash trees looking a bit poorly, possibly Ash Dieback have reported it here

18-dryads-saddle

Dryads Saddle

19-orchid

Lots of orchids here…

20-orchids

…but all a bit overwith

21-bugle

Bugle

22-robin

Robin with food

23-wall-butterfly

Wall butterfly

24-rocks

Very windspept at Eggerness Point so we sheltered amongst the rocks for lunch.

25-trolls-teeth

Ogres teeth!

26-rocks

Rocks jammed in by the tide

27-common-rock-rose

Common Rock Rose

28-Dyers-Greenweed

Dyers Greenweed

29-claw

Large claw, presumably a lobsters!

Time to turn back as the weather took a turn for the worse and we were drenched by the time we got back to the car!

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Mull of Galloway & The Tarbets Circular–8th June 2013

A nice sunny day and reports of Basking Sharks and Porpoises, so we headed down to the Mull for a coastal walk.

1-thrift

Thrift in full bloom

2-spring-squill

Spring Squill

3-lousewort

Lousewort

4-clouds

Great Cirrus clouds today!

5-towards-Maryport

Looking towards Maryport

6-linnet

Linnet

7-common-carpet

Common Carpet Moth

8-cuckoo-flowers

Cuckoo Flower

9-stonechat

Stonechat

10-juv-stonechat

Juvenile Stonechat, there were lots about

11-sea-campions

Sea Campions

12-lighthouse

Lighthouse

13-trefoil

Birds-foot Trefoil

14-mull

Blue sea…

15-clouds

…and skies

16-mull

Mull of Galloway lighthouse

17-sheeps-bit

Sheeps Bit

18-mull

As we approched the lighthouse and foghorn there was a lot of noise, unfortunately no sharks or porpoises today…

19-idiot-on-jetski

…as a couple of morons were showing off, disturbing all the nesting seabirds and frightening all the other wildlife in the area. Sad smile

20-lighthouse

The lighthouse was open and there were people taking the tour

21-thrift-on-rocks

Thrift and seabirds on the cliffs

22 Mull-Lighthouse

 

23 tormentil

Tormentil

 

 

25-Mull-of-Galloway-Lighthouse

 

26-rocks

Rocks and clear water

27-gallie-craig

The Gallie Craig Tearooms

28-footpath-sign

We then headed to West Tarbet and took the path to West Cairngaan

29-west-tarbet

 

30-container

I woder just how long this huge old tank will take to dissappear!

31-bluebells

A haze of Bluebells

32-stonechat

Male Stonechat

33-sea-campions

Sea Campions

34-thrift

Thrift

35-west-tarbet

Looking back towards West Tarbet and the Mull

36-meadow-pipit

Meadow Pipit

37-coast

Rocks

38-abstract

Thrift and Campion

39-common-carpet

Common Carpet

40-field-and-sky

Fields and sky

41-wall

 

42-green-veined-white

Green-veined White butterfly

43-footpath-sign

Footpath well marked

44-public-path

 

45-gates

 

46-buttercups

Buttercups

47-green-veined-white

Green-veined

48-fumitory

Fumitory

49-gorse

Gorse

50-clouds

Cloud waves

51-hawthorn

Hawthorn-Its 8th June and the may blossom is finally fully out!

52-hare

Hare..

53-hare

…and another

54-hares

…over the hill

55-hares

There ere 4 or 5 in total!

56-yellowhammer

Yellowhammer

57-clouds

 

58-Portankill

Portankill

59-Mull-of-Galloway-Trail

Mull of Galloway Trail sign

60-Mull-of-Galloway

Looking towards the Mull

61-bluebells

bluebells on the cliffs

62-sea

 

63-meadow-pipit

Meadow Pipit

64-st-medans-cave-sign

About St Medans Cave

65-Mull-of-Galloway

 

67-mull-of-galloway

 

68-rocks

 

69-rocks

 

70-East-Tarbet

East Tarbet

71-ruined-cottage

Ruined cottage

72-east-tarbet

East Tarbet