Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Glenwhan Moor–30th May 2015

 

1a-Glenwhan-Moor

Off to look for Green Hairstreaks on one of my favourite parts of the Southern Upland Way. Sadly it was a bit breezy so we didn’t see any, but there is always plenty of other things.

1-Glenwhan-Moor

The Green Hairstreaks are usually along this stretch but none about today.

2-Glenwhan-Moor

 

3-Common-Carpet

Common Carpet

3-Drinker-caterpillar

Drinker Moth caterpillar

4-Common-Heath

Common Heath moths mating

5-Common-Heath

The male has the lovely antennae

6-whinchat

Whinchats

7-micro

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8-Glenwhan-Moor

 

9-reed-bunting

Reed Bunting

10-Loch

Loch

11-cuckoo

Distant Cuckoo

12-large-red-damselfly

Large Red Damselfly

13-two-banded-longhorn

Two-banded Longhorn beetle

14-nicrophorus-vespiloides

Sexton Beetle-Nicrophorus  vespiloides

15-dad-shrew

Dead Shrew

16-Glenwhan-Moor

 

17-small-heath

Small Heath butterfly

18 Small-Purple-barred-1

Small Purple Bar

19 Small-Purple-barred-2

 

20-tatty-peacock

Tatty Peacock

21-epiblema-scutulana

Epiblema scutulana

22-green-veined-white

Green-veined White butterfly

23-green-tiger-beetle

Green Tiger Beetle

24-Platydracus-sp

Rove beetle platydracus sp

25-deer

We are being watched from afar!

26-juv-stonechat

Juvenile Stonechat

27-loch

Loch

28-male-stonechat

Male Stonechat

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