Friday, July 19, 2013

Castramont & Upper Rusko Woods–13th July 2013


Very hot weather so decided on a walk in the woods with a bit of shade.
1-Carstramont-wood
We had not visited Castramont Woods before so decided to go there.
2-light-emerald
Light Emerald moth
3-Yellow-barred-Long-horn-Nemophora-degeerella
Yellow-barred Longhorn moth Nemophora degeerella
4-spotted-orchid
Spotted Orchid
5-honeysuckle
Honeysuckle
6-big-tree
There are some lovely old trees here
7-carstramont-panorama
Ater luch we headed for Upper Rusko Wood, this is the view back towards Carstramont (click to view larger)
8-carstramont

9-whitethroat
Whitethroat singing
10-slender-st-johns-wort
Slender St Johns Wort
11-Ringlet
Ringlet Butterfly
12-Small-Pearl-bordered-fritillary
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary Butterfly
13-big-water-of-fleet
Big Water of Fleet
14-big-water-of-fleet

15-big-water-of-fleet

16-Large-Red-Damselfly
Large Red Damselfly
17-Ringlet
Ringlet Butterfly
18 big-cliff-little-man
The banks suddenly rise into big cliffs
19-large-red-damselfly
Large Red Damselfly
20-four-banded-longhorn
Four-banded Longhorn Beetle
21-chimney-sweeper
Chimney Sweeper moth
22-damselfly
Common Blue Damselfly
23-beetle Pterostichus niger

Golden-ringed Damselfly laying eggs (©Pete Harrison 2013)

1 comment:

John said...

Found this page by searching for Castramont Wood. We are coming to Gatehouse next week for our annual visit and this has given us some great ideas for one of our walks. Thanks