Sunday, July 31, 2011

Torrs Warren 9th July 2011

A warm day but quite windy so decided on a walk at Torrs Warren. One of our first sightings of the day was a Red Squirrel although didnt get a photo.

1-dog-rose

Dog Rose

2-Tatty-ringlet

A very tatty Ringlet Butterfly, lots about.

3-honeysuckle

Honeysuckle

4-clouded-border

Clouded Border moth

5-scops-and-wood-sorrel

Scoparia species moth

6 pine beauty caterpillar

Pine Beauty moth caterpillar

7-bone-on-tree

Strange trail markers in this woods, including bones on  twigs!

8-Lycogala-epidendrum

Slime mould

9-green-tiger-beetle

Green Tiger beetle

10-common-heath

Common Heath moth

11-Cladonia sp

Reindeer Moss

12-green-fritillary

Green Fritillary butterfly

13-silver-y

Silver Y moth

14-common-speedwell

Common Speedwell

15-small-heath

Small Heath Butterfly

16-common-blue-butterfly

Common Blue butterfly

17-Dogs-vomit-slime-mould

Dogs Vomit Slime Mould (lovely name!)

18-bell-heather

Bell Heather

19-Soulseat

After our walk we drove to Soulseat Loch for our picnic.

20-mallard

Not much about other than some Mallards!

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