Wednesday, July 01, 2015

Carsethorn Walk, Dumfries & Galloway-13th June 2015

 

A cloudy day, we parked in the car park at Carsethorn and set off for a walk along the shore

1-Carsethorn-P

Carsethorn beach looking towards Criffel

1-Carsethorn

Carse Pow

2-Carsethorn

 

3-7-spot-ladybirds

7-spot Ladybirds

3-Carsethorn

 

3-Tower

Lookout tower

4-Carsethorn

 

4-Painted-Lady

Painted Lady

5-Carsethorn

Mud

6-mud

 

6-Sea-Spurrey

Sea Spurrey

7-Diamond-back-moth

Diamond-back moth

7-mud

Mud

8-look-out-post

Lookout post!

9-Small-Copper

Small Copper

10-Carsethorn

Tides out

11-Criffel

Criffel

12-Criffel

 

13-Carsethorn

 

14-Carsethorn

 

15--Carsethorn

 

16-fossils

Coral fossils

17-fossils

 

18-Carsethorn

Deserted beach

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Corsewall

Corsewall Walk, Dumfries & Galloway- 7th June 2015

 

A lovely sunny day, we decided on a local, North Rhins walk.

1-Corsewall-lighthouse

We parked near the lighthouse

2-Corsewall

 

2-Corsewall-p

 

3-Thrift

Thrift in full bloom

4-Spring-Squill

Spring Squill

5-English-Stonecrop

English Stonecrop

6-Corsewall

Blue sea

6-Corsewall-Lighthouse

6-Corsewall-Lighthouse-P

 

7-Small-Copper

Small Copper Butterfly

8-egg

Egg shell

9-Birds-foot-Trefoil

Birds-foot Trefoil

10-Silver-Y

Silver Y

11-Early-Purple-orchid

Orchids

12-Lousewort

Lousewort

13-Micro-moth

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14-Painted-Lady

Painted Lady

15-Eristalis intricaria

Eristalis intricaria hoverfly bumblebee mimic

16-White-Thrift

White thrift

17-White-&-pink-thrift

White & Pink Thrift

18Red-Admiral

Red Admiral

19-Driftwood-monster

Driftwood creature

20-Corsewall

Looking back towards the lighthouse

21-reflected-rock

Reflections

22-Corsewall

 

23-Corsewall

 

23-ruin

Through the ruin window

23-sea-campion

Sea Campion

23-Wall-Butterfly

Wall butterfly

 

24-ruin-p

 

25-Corsewall

 

25-Stena

Stena Ferry

26-green-veined-white

Green-veined White

26-nest

Nest

28-Small-Heath

Small Heath Butterfly

28-Small-Heath-P

 

29-Corsewall

 

29-Ragged-Robin

Ragged Robin

30-baby-gulls

Gulls with young

30-corsewall

Beach Cairn

31-baby-gulls

See the young herring gulls in the middle of the shot

31-baby-gulls-nest

This is where they were nesting, out of harms reach

31-Corsewall

 

32-Corsewall

 

33-ravens-nest

Ravens nest…

34-ravens-nest

…again out of harms way

34-watrfall

Waterfall

35-flower

 

36-flower

 

37-Waves

Waves

38-Waves

 

39-Waves

You have to watch out for the waves after the ferry has been past!

39-Waves-P

 

40-Gannet

Gannet

41-Corsewall

A lovely walk, although arduous in places!