Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Corsewall

Corsewall Walk, Dumfries & Galloway- 7th June 2015

 

A lovely sunny day, we decided on a local, North Rhins walk.

1-Corsewall-lighthouse

We parked near the lighthouse

2-Corsewall

 

2-Corsewall-p

 

3-Thrift

Thrift in full bloom

4-Spring-Squill

Spring Squill

5-English-Stonecrop

English Stonecrop

6-Corsewall

Blue sea

6-Corsewall-Lighthouse

6-Corsewall-Lighthouse-P

 

7-Small-Copper

Small Copper Butterfly

8-egg

Egg shell

9-Birds-foot-Trefoil

Birds-foot Trefoil

10-Silver-Y

Silver Y

11-Early-Purple-orchid

Orchids

12-Lousewort

Lousewort

13-Micro-moth

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14-Painted-Lady

Painted Lady

15-Eristalis intricaria

Eristalis intricaria hoverfly bumblebee mimic

16-White-Thrift

White thrift

17-White-&-pink-thrift

White & Pink Thrift

18Red-Admiral

Red Admiral

19-Driftwood-monster

Driftwood creature

20-Corsewall

Looking back towards the lighthouse

21-reflected-rock

Reflections

22-Corsewall

 

23-Corsewall

 

23-ruin

Through the ruin window

23-sea-campion

Sea Campion

23-Wall-Butterfly

Wall butterfly

 

24-ruin-p

 

25-Corsewall

 

25-Stena

Stena Ferry

26-green-veined-white

Green-veined White

26-nest

Nest

28-Small-Heath

Small Heath Butterfly

28-Small-Heath-P

 

29-Corsewall

 

29-Ragged-Robin

Ragged Robin

30-baby-gulls

Gulls with young

30-corsewall

Beach Cairn

31-baby-gulls

See the young herring gulls in the middle of the shot

31-baby-gulls-nest

This is where they were nesting, out of harms reach

31-Corsewall

 

32-Corsewall

 

33-ravens-nest

Ravens nest…

34-ravens-nest

…again out of harms way

34-watrfall

Waterfall

35-flower

 

36-flower

 

37-Waves

Waves

38-Waves

 

39-Waves

You have to watch out for the waves after the ferry has been past!

39-Waves-P

 

40-Gannet

Gannet

41-Corsewall

A lovely walk, although arduous in places!