Friday, July 19, 2013

Castramont & Upper Rusko Woods–13th July 2013


Very hot weather so decided on a walk in the woods with a bit of shade.
1-Carstramont-wood
We had not visited Castramont Woods before so decided to go there.
2-light-emerald
Light Emerald moth
3-Yellow-barred-Long-horn-Nemophora-degeerella
Yellow-barred Longhorn moth Nemophora degeerella
4-spotted-orchid
Spotted Orchid
5-honeysuckle
Honeysuckle
6-big-tree
There are some lovely old trees here
7-carstramont-panorama
Ater luch we headed for Upper Rusko Wood, this is the view back towards Carstramont (click to view larger)
8-carstramont

9-whitethroat
Whitethroat singing
10-slender-st-johns-wort
Slender St Johns Wort
11-Ringlet
Ringlet Butterfly
12-Small-Pearl-bordered-fritillary
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary Butterfly
13-big-water-of-fleet
Big Water of Fleet
14-big-water-of-fleet

15-big-water-of-fleet

16-Large-Red-Damselfly
Large Red Damselfly
17-Ringlet
Ringlet Butterfly
18 big-cliff-little-man
The banks suddenly rise into big cliffs
19-large-red-damselfly
Large Red Damselfly
20-four-banded-longhorn
Four-banded Longhorn Beetle
21-chimney-sweeper
Chimney Sweeper moth
22-damselfly
Common Blue Damselfly
23-beetle Pterostichus niger

Golden-ringed Damselfly laying eggs (©Pete Harrison 2013)

Friday, July 12, 2013

Butterfly Walk near Clatteringshaws–6th July 2013

1-Clatteringshaws

We drove down the road  by Clatteringshaws Loch. This is not much more than a track with lots of potholes although it is due to be resurfaced soon.

We stopped first in the layby to walk a stretch of the Old Edinburgh Road, just a grassy path.

1-smoky-wave

Smokey Wave moth

2-carabus-granulatus

Ground Beetle….

3-carabus-granulatus

…Carabus granulatus

4-yellow-rattle

Yellow Rattle

5-spotted-orchid

Spotted Orchid

6-Sericomyia-silentis

Hoverfly Sericomya silentis on Marsh Thistle

7-clouded-border

Clouded Border Moth

8-carabus-granulatus

Another Carabus Granulatus

9-small-pearl-bordered-fritillary

Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary Butterfly

10-green-veined-white

Green-veined White Butterfly

11-small-pearl-bordered-fritillary

Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary

12-green-veined-whie

Female Green-veined White

13-golden-ringed-dragonfly

Golden-ringed Dragonfly

14-golden-ringed-dragonfly

 

15-golden-ringed-dragonfly

 

16-golden-ringed-dragonfly

 

17-roe-deer-and-fawn

A brief glimpse of a Roe Deer and fawn

18-green-tiger-beetle

Green Tiger Beetle

19-epiblema

Epiblema sp

20-large-red-damselfly

Large Red Damselfly

21-ichneuman-wasp

Ichneuman Wasp…

22-ichneuman-wasp

..it was very large with a very long ovipositor

23-large-red-damselfly

Large Red Damselfly

24-carabus-glabratus

Another ground beetle Carabus glabratus

Next we moved on further up the track to near Craigengallie where we needed to do the Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey for Butterfly Conservation

26-quarry

There is a small quarry with a pond that usually has life in it such as newts, dragonfly larvae and this time tadpoles…

26-tadpoles

..and lots of them!

27-common-butterwort

Common Butterwort

28-rove-beetle staphylinus-erythropterus

Rove Beetle Staphylinus erythropterus

29-burn

Burn

29-green-veined-whites

Green veined White butterflies…. 

30-green-veined

….mating

31-forest-track

Forest track

33-small-argent-and-sable

Small Argent and Sable moth

33-silver-ground-carpet

Silver-ground Carpet moth

34-2-banded-longhorn

Two-banded Longhorn Beetle

34-two-banded-longhorn

 

35-Galloway-Forest-Park-Panorama

Galloway Hills panorama (click to see larger)

36-juv-wren

We saw two Wren families

37-large-red-damselfly

Large Red Damselfly

38-Gallaway-Hills

Great clouds

39-crambus-pascuella

Crambus pascuella moth

40-clouds

more clouds

42-clatteringshaws-panorama

And on the way back..Clatteringshaws Loch panorama (click to see larger)