Monday, July 02, 2012

Dunskey Glen 26th May 2012

A hot sunny day (yes we have had a few!) so decided on a shady walk through Dunskey Glen. 1-Dunskey-Glen

We parked in the glen car park and set off towards the woods, although sunny it was also very windy picking up the dust on the track.

2-bracket-fungi

Bracket fungi…

3-bracket-fungi

…and more.

4-Roe-Deer

Roe Deer

5-Roe-Deer

She seemed reluctant to leave so think there may have been a fawn nearby

6-hawthorn

Hawthorn…

7-hawthorn

…or May blossom

8-Large-red-damselfly

Large Red Damselfly

9-bluebells

English Bluebell

10-ramsons

Wild Garlic or Ramsons

11-fish

Minnow in the burn

12-silver-ground-carpet

Common Carpet (I think!)

13-Dunskey-Glen

The Glen

14-Spotted-Flycatcher

Spotted Flycatcher

16 Knapweed Bell Epiblema cirsiana 2

Knapweed Bell Epiblema cirsiana

18-Sea-Campions

Sea Campion

19-stonechat

Female Stonechat

20-thrift

Thrift

21-homing-pigeon

This pigeon landed right next to me it seemed desperate for a drink

22-watching-pigeon

Pete and Mike watching the pigeon from the bridge

23-Port-Kale

Port Kale

24-Linnet

Distant shot of a Linnet…

25-whitethroat

…and a Whitethroat

26-smiths-pepperwort

Smiths Pepperwort

27-eider

Eider Duck

28-shrimp

Cooked shrimp!

29-rocks

Rock pools

30-spring-squill

Spring Squill

31-port-kale

Clear waters

32-blue-sea

Blue, blue sea

33-ringed-plover

This Ringed Plover was making a fuss..

34 chick

…we soon noticed why..

35 chick-2

…there were three of these little fluff balls nearby

36-sea-kale

Sea Kale

37-wall-butterfly

Wall butterfly

38-Port-Mora

Port Mora

39-Port-Mora

Both Port Mora and Port Kale are close together at the end of Duskey Glen and both have there own character

40-bloody-cranesbill

Bloody Cranesbill (yes thats its name!)

41-dunskey-glen

Walking back through the Glen

42-tree

There are some amazing old trees in the glen

43-tree

 

44 lesser-swallow-prominent-1

Lesser Swallow Prominent

45 lesser-swallow-prominent-2

We nearly trod on it in the path

46 lesser-swallow-prominent-3

Not seen one of these before

47-greattit-nest

Spotted a Great tit visiting its nest in a hole in a tree

48-wren

Wren

49-dunskey-house

A brief glimpse of Dunskey House through the trees

50-eristalis sp

Hoverfly Eristalis sp

51-Roe-Deer

Another deer this time a male.

A great walk, have done this one many times and there are always surprises!

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