Scotland June 2023

 16.06.23 and my first Blog from our holiday in Scotland (there will be more over time). The owner of one of the cottages (Lettoch Beag) we stay in is doing a rewilding project on his land and it is great to see so much wildlife already there. Hopefully we are still able to visit in years to come when I’m sure it will be even better. Our first day was spent around the cottage so this is some of the wildlife we saw.

Red Squirrel.

House Martin. These, along with Swallows, were nesting it the eves of the cottages.

Willow Warbler.

A Robin with some bait for its chicks.

The same Robin with even more bait.

Male House Sparrow.

Dunnock.

Pied Wagtail

Azure Damselfly.

Brown Hare hunkered down.

I cannot believe how…

…long a go it is since I took these images, it is eighteen days, its taken me that long to go through all of the images from Mull that I have neglected everything else. I could have made this Blog, from Twizell Woods, about only one species of dragonfly, the Southern Hawker, but I thought that would be a bit boring so I have added a couple of other dragonflies, oh and a couple of other images.

Apart from resizing this and the next image to fit the Blog, this is the first time I have not had to crop an image of a Southern Hawker (or any dragonfly) in flight.

One of the Southern Hawkers eventually landed.

Another one having a bite of bait.

Female laying eggs.

Male Common Hawker in flight.

Female Common Hawker

Female Common Hawker laying eggs.

Male Common Darter in flight.

Tandem pair of Common Darter.

Frog Hoppers.

This Silver Y moth seems to be checking the fly out by touching its leg with its antenna.