Friday, July 08, 2011

Coast Path from Stairhaven 25th June 2011

Bit of a blustery day but decided on a walk from Stairhaven towards Aulchenmalg. Plenty of wildlife about and wild flowers and only met two other people, just the kind of walk I like!

1-juv-wheatearJuvenile Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)

2-smiths-pepperwort

Smith's Pepperwort ( Lepidium heterophyllum )

4 English stonecrop

English Stonecrop (Sedum anglicum)

5-Chrysoteuchia-culmella

Garden Grass-Veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella)

6-red-clover

Zigzag Clover (Trifolium medium)

7-roe-deer

Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus)

8-roe-deer

Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus)

9-six-spot-burnet-cocoon

Six Spot Burnet cocoon

10 grasshopper

Grasshopper

11-grasshopper

Common Green Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus)

12-loved-up-bugs

Loved up bugs!

Weevils pos Phyllobius pomaceus

13-gull-on-line

Horrible sight of a gull hanging dead from fishing line, probably a long lingering death….

14-gull-and-nest

……and above it, its eggs have perished too!

15-hairy-caterpillar

Hairy Caterpillar, probably Ruby Tiger moth

16-meadow-vetchling

Meadow Vetchling (Lathyrus pratensis)

17-meadowsweet

Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria)

18-erica

Bell Heather (Erica cinerea)

19-bloody-cranesbill

Bloody Crane's-bill (Geranium sanguineum)

19-cranesbill

Bloody Crane's-bill (Geranium sanguineum)

20-unknown

I think this could be wild thyme which is affected by thyme gall mite Aceria thomasi

21 Aceria-thomasi

22-wild-thyme

Wild Thyme (Thymus polytrichus)

23-rock-rose

Common Rock-rose (Helianthemum nummularium)

24-sheeps-bit

Sheep's-bit (Jasione montana)

25-sheeps-bit

Sheep's-bit (Jasione montana)

26-hawkweed

Common Catsear (Hypochaeris radicata)

27-caterpillar

Scarce Footman caterpillar (Eilema complana)

28-chimney-sweeper

Chimney Sweeper (Odezia atrata)

29-six-spot-burnets

Six-spot Burnet (Zygaena filipendulae)

29-six-spot-burnets-1

Six-spot Burnet (Zygaena filipendulae) mating frenzy!

30-mottled-grasshopper

Mottled Grasshopper (Myrmeleotettix maculatus)

31-burnet-caterpillar

Six-spot Burnet caterpillar (Zygaena filipendulae)

32-common-blue-butterfly

Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus)

33-small-tortoiseshell

Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)

34-juv-dunnock

Juvenile Dunnock (Prunella modularis)

35-moth

July Belle (Scotopteryx luridata)

36-bird-dropping-moth

Bird Dropping moth

37-common-toad

Common Toad (Bufo bufo)

38-micro

Scoparia sp

39-Northern Marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza purpurella

Northern Marsh-orchid (Dactylorhiza purpurella)

40-Heath Spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza maculata

Heath Spotted-orchid (Dactylorhiza maculata)

41 straw-dot

Straw Dot Moth

42-magpie-moth-caterpillar

Magpie Moth Caterpillar

43-honeysuckle

Honeysuckle

44-Chrysoteuchia-culmella

Garden Grass-Veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella)

45-whitethroat

Whitethroat

46-burnt-gorse

Burnt Gorse

47-roe-deer-fawn

Roe Deer Fawn

48-large-skipper

Large Skipper Butterfly

49-starfish

Not sure I can identify this starfish!

50-stairhaven

View towards Stairhaven

51-blastobasis

Micro moth Blastobasis lacticolella

52-burnet-rose

Burnet Rose

53-birds-foot-trefoil

Common Bird's-foot-trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)

54-tufted-vetch

Tufted Vetch (Vicia cracca)

55-thrift

Sea Thrift (Armeria maritima)

56-valerian

Common Valerian (Valeriana officinalis)

57-yellow-iris

Yellow Iris (Iris pseudacorus)

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