BRENEY COMMON

We had a great visit to Breney Common. The Black Darters and Purple Hairstreaks were

out and looking fresh but the Emperor Dragonflies were all looking a bit tatty.

Everything was either mating, laying or just emerged.

BLACK DARTER

BLACK DARTER

BLACK DARTER

BLACK DARTER, IMM.

BLACK DARTER, FEMALE

BRIMSTONE

BRIMSTONE

BRIMSTONE

SILVER-WASHED FRITILLARY

SILVER-WASHED FRITILLARY

EMPEROR

EMPEROR, FEM

EMPEROR, FEM

PURPLE HAIRSTREAK

PURPLE HAIRSTREAK

PURPLE HAIRSTREAK

PURPLE HAIRSTREAK

SOUTHERN HAWKER, IMM

LAST FROM SCOTLAND

These are the last shots from our Scotland trip, mostly Butterflies and Dragonflies.

MOUNTAIN HARE

BROWN HARE

COMMON BLUE

DARK GREEN FRITILLARY

GOLDEN-RINGED DRAGONFLY

RED SQUIRREL

The pictures below were all firsts for us. The first shot is not great 

but they are rare in the uk (only in Scotland), and as it shows 

the green sides to the face, we have included it.

NORTHERN DAMSELFLY

CHIMNEY SWEEPER MOTH

NORTHERN BROWN ARGUS

NORTHERN BROWN ARGUS

WHITE-FACED DARTER

WHITE-FACED DARTER

More from Scotland

Everything in Scotland seemed to be at a distance, including these Dotterel. 

We had to climb to the plateau on Cairn Lochan at approx. 4000 feet. 

It was hard going and took about 7 hours for the climb up and down.

DOTTEREL

DOTTEREL

DOTTEREL

PTARMIGAN

PTARMIGAN

RED GROUSE

TREECREEPER

TREECREEPER

LINNET

OSPREY

PUFFIN

HOODED CROW

BLACK GUILLEMOT

BLACK GUILLEMOT

TROUP HEAD, SCOTLAND

We have just come back from a week in Scotland and one of 

the places we visited was the huge Gannetry at Troup Head.