Friday, June 28, 2013

Garlieston to Eggerness Point–15th June 2013

Not a great day, weather wise but the forecast looked best South Machars so we headed to Garlieston for a walk to Eggerness Point.

1-Garlieston

Garlieston

2-Eggerness

Looking towards Eggerness

3-sea-milkwort

Sea Milkwort

4 common-figwort

Common Figwort

5-baby-whitethroat

Juvenile Whitethroat…

6 Whitethroat

…there was a family about

7-May-blossom

May blossom

8-red-campion

Red Campion

9-common-carpet

Common Carpet

10-common-carpet

 

11-nettletap

Nettletap

12-germander-speedwell

Germander Speedwell

13 red-headed-cardinal-beetle

Red-headed Cardinal Beetle

14 red-headed-cardinal-beetle-2

 

15 red-headed-cardinal-beetle-3

Kirsty decided it was quite friendly!

16-red-headed-cardinal-beetle-4

 

17 pos-ash-dieback

Several Ash trees looking a bit poorly, possibly Ash Dieback have reported it here

18-dryads-saddle

Dryads Saddle

19-orchid

Lots of orchids here…

20-orchids

…but all a bit overwith

21-bugle

Bugle

22-robin

Robin with food

23-wall-butterfly

Wall butterfly

24-rocks

Very windspept at Eggerness Point so we sheltered amongst the rocks for lunch.

25-trolls-teeth

Ogres teeth!

26-rocks

Rocks jammed in by the tide

27-common-rock-rose

Common Rock Rose

28-Dyers-Greenweed

Dyers Greenweed

29-claw

Large claw, presumably a lobsters!

Time to turn back as the weather took a turn for the worse and we were drenched by the time we got back to the car!

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