Wednesday, July 03, 2013

Monreith to St Medans–29th June 2013

1-Monreith
A cloudy day but some chance of sunshine so we decided on a beach walk from Monreith as the tide was out. Hoping to see a few invertebrates!
2-red-tailed-bumblebee
Red-tailed Bumblebee
3-small-spotted-catshark-egg-case
Small spotted Cat-shark egg case aka Lesser Spotted Dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula)
5-english-stonecrop
English Stonecrop
6 wild-thyme
Wild Thyme
7-monreith
Deserted beach!
8-Cranbus pratella
Cranbus probably pratella or lathoniellus
9-common-blue
Common Blue Butterfly
10-grasshopper
My first grasshopper of the year!
11-Lobesia littoralis pos
Micro moth-Lobesia littoralis I think
12-biting-stonecrop
Biting Stonecrop
13-common-blue
Common Blue…
14-common-blue
…and underside
15-linnets
Linnets
16-monreith
It can only be D&G….
17-monreith
…with a beach to ourselves!
18-rock-patterns
Rock patterns
19-silver-y
Silver Y moth
20-monreith

21-cave
Some good caves here…
22-blood-streaked-cave
..this ones a bit spooky, looks like its streaked with blood!
23-rock-patterns

24-fulmar
Fulmars nesting on the cliffs
25-rock

26-worm-casts
Plenty of wormcasts…
27-worm-casts
…and food for waders
28-winkle-shells
Winkle shells
29-Sea rocket
Sea Rocket
30-sea rocket

32-depressria-daucella-caterpillar
Caterpillar Dingy Flat-body moth (Depressaria daucella)
33-small-spotted-catshark
Small spotted Cat-shark aka Lesser Spotted Dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula)
34-dark-barred-twin-spot-carpet
Moth trying to hide but I can just see its a Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
35-silverweed
Silverweed
36-black-marram-weevil
Lots of these emerging from the sand..
37-black-marram-weevil
…Black Marram Weevils
38-six-spot-burnet
Six-spot Burnet Moth
40 Agrypnus-murinus-2
A rather large Click Beetle-Agrypnus murinus
43-monreith-from-st-medans
Monreith from St Medans (click to see larger)
44-Dovesfoot Crane's-bill
Dovesfoot Cranesbill
45-dog-rose
Dog rose
46-kirkmaiden
Kirkmaiden Church
47 francois-thurot-sign
Francois Thurot plaque
47-chapel

48-old-grave-stone
Old stone
49-monreith
View from the churchyard
50-carved-doorway
Beautiful carving around the door
51-carving
All a bit overgrown at the oment and the gates locked…
52-carving
…last time we visited it was open.
53-st-medans
Looking towards St Medans Golf Course
54-silver-ground-carpet
Silver ground Carpet moth
55-nettletap
Nettletap moth
56-foxgloves
Foxgloves
57-buzzard
Buzzard with “streamers”, I think it must have pick up some grass with its last prey!
58-foxgloves
Foxglove closeup
59-chimney-sweeper
Chimney Sweeper moth
60-burnet-rose
Burnet Rose
61-large-skipper
Large Skipper Butterfly
62-Northern-brown-argus
Northern Brown Argus Butterfly
63-Northern-brown-argus

64-wall-butterfly
Wall Butterfly
65-7-spot-ladybird-larvae
7 Spot Ladybird Larvae
66-common-blue
Common Blue butterfly-lots of these about
67-flies-on-shit
Flies on poo!
68-footpath-to-clarksburn
We are doing a circular and walking back on the cliff path
69-Maxwell-sign
Who?
70-Maxwell-plaque
Gavin Maxwell of course!
71-Maxwells-otter
Maxwells otter
72-monreith-panorama
Panorama (click to see larger)
73-st-medans
St Medans
74-st-medans
Otters view!
75-wall-butterfly
Another Wall butterfly, this ones a bit faded!
76-the-magpie-caterpillar
Caterpillar- of the Magpie moth
77-ladybird-larvae
I think this is another ladybird larvae
78-monreith
Monreith Bay
79-tortix
Timothy Tortrix, I think
80-tortrix

81-common-blue
Common Blue (female)
82-waterfall
Waterfall
83-crambus-lathoniellus
Crambus lathoniellus
84-common-blue
Common Blue Male

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