Bugs, Birds and Beasties in the Garden Late June 2010

A visitor at the door

Red Admiral

Ragged Robin and Buttercups

Baby Great Spotted Woodpecker with adult

Willow Warbler (they are nesting just over the fence)

Dunnock, looks like it has a tick problem

Common Lizard warming up

Warbler

Rosa Rugosa

Hover fly

Herring Gull..

..and Rooks on the newly ploughed field

Red Necked Footman moth

Beetle cychrus caraboides

Large red Damselflies mating

Green Orb Spider

Fly

Figwort Weevil

Fly

Fly

Emerald Damselfly

Scorpion Fly

Fly

Soldier Beetle

Small Bee

Hover Fly

Grasshopper

Grass moth

Micro moth

Damselfly

Bumblebee

Baby Pied Wagtail on front lawn

Brown Hare

More Lizards

Sycamore Helicopters

A swarm of bees settling back in the wall cavity

Wren with moth-yum!

Baby Great tit

Yellow Underwing

Above Chapel Finian 19th June 2010

A lovely sunny day so parked at the picnic site near Chapel Finian to start our walk up the hill.

Honeysuckle by the side of the road.

Elder in full bloom.

View towards the Mull of Galloway across Luce Bay

Plenty of butterflies about including Small Heath.

Chimney Sweeper moth

Sheep's Bit

Golden Ringed Dragonfly

Meadow Brown

Small Pearl Bordered Fritillary

Cottage ruin

Now thats what I call a good place to have a picnic!

Dragonfly, any ideas?

Skullcap