Wednesday 30 July 2014

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


Sunday 27 July 2014

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

Friday 25 July 2014

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


Monday 21 July 2014

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.