Another blustery, showery day on the North Rhins, so we settled for a local walk again.
I dont know how many photos I must have taken of this lighthouse over the last few years!
Wild Thyme
Plenty of 6 Spot Burnet moth cocoons about
Ailsa Craig with Arran beyond
“False Ailsa” or Knockdollian Hill
Looking up the coast towards South Ayshire
Car wreck on the shore
Its been a fantastic year for orchids around here!
The Stena Ferry heading towards Belfast
Red Admiral
English Stonecrop
Common Blue
P&O Ferry coming back from Larne towards Cairnryan
6 Spot Burnet moth
Sheeps Bit
Another Common Blue on Thrift
Bog Aspodel
Bog Pimpernel
Female Eiders with ducklings
Roe Deer
Ruined Cottage
Although at the beginning of the walk it says to follow the markers and stiles, there are very few markers and the going is pretty rough and boggy in places
Another beautiful orchid
Common Frog
Black Guillimots or “Tysties” as they are called up here
Grasshopper
There are not many species of grasshoppers found in Scotland
Here is a guide to those found in D&G
http://www.dgerc.org.uk/files/dgerc/downloads/Crickets_and_grasshoppers_guide.pdf
Herring Gulls
Meadow Brown
Lady’s Bedstraw
This is a lovely bit of coastline
Lichen patterns on the rocks
Scentless Mayweed
Female Eiders
Thrift
Mike managed to catch this obliging moth-a Bright-line Brown-eye
Ragged Robin
Birds-foot Trefoil
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