New England Bay to Portacree 17th September 2011

Lone Fisherman New England Bay

Red-throated Diver

Sandwich Tern

Dive, dive, dive!

Black-tailed Godwit

Sea squirt?

Unidentified Duck!

Edible Crab

Parasitized Fox Moth Caterpillar…

…and another

Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly

Sand dunes

Sea Kale

Portacree

Portacree

Towards The Machars

Logan Windmill

Cottages

Bird skull-Gull I think

Sandwich Terns and Black-headed Gull

Fisherman’s Cottage

Pebble sculpture

I think we are being watched!

Pebble faces!

Cheesy grin!

Carefully balanced

Masked Crab

Sanderlings

Pinkies at West Freugh

Torrs Warren 10th September 2011

Poured with rain in the morning but finally cleared up for an afternoon walk. Decided on Torrs Warren and good paths when wet and not too far to drive.

Toadstool

Spiked Shieldbug

7 Spot Ladybird

Lots of spiders about

 

 

Wild Cherry

Lichen

Common Sow Thistle

Beach Art?

Fox Moth Caterpillar

More beach art!

Where the Piltanton Burn meets Luce Bay

Tiny Sea Urchins

Canoe Shell scaphander lignarius, lots of these rare shells, only the third mass wash up in Dumfries and Galloway

Pelicans Foot Shell aporrhais pespelecani

 

Silver Y moth

Hawthorn Shieldbug

Small Tortoiseshell

Heather on the dunes

Very large spider with spikey legs

Common Darter

Devils Coach horse

Sawfly nematus pavidus

Fly Agaric

 

Another 7 Spot

Barr 3rd September 2011

Needed an easy walk as leg still a bit swollen from a fall I had a couple of days before, also ground very wet so wanted a good track, so we settled on Barr.

Which trail to follow?

Plenty of toadstools in the woods beside the path

 

Russula sp

 

 

Peacock Butterfly

Surprised to find lots of Newt-poles in the puddles

Grass of Parnassus

 

Puffball

Dor Beetle

Forest Shieldbug acting strange, appeared to be trying to stand on its head?

Common Carpet Moth

Toadstools on wood

Horsehair worm (Nematomorpha) in puddle

Only the second time I have ever seen these

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Field of Devils Bit Scabious