Scotland part two

Depending on where we are while on holiday in Scotland we try and visit Loch of the Lowes at least once. The majority of the images in this and the next Blog are from there. This part is mainly the Sand Martins and Swallows that were picking flies off the water. We also visit a small Loch to see if there are any divers unfortunately this year, we did not see any. 

Blackcap in the garden of the cottage we were staying in.

Meadow Pipit from the small Loch.

Buzzard also from the small Loch.

Some of the Sand Martins catching flies at the Loch of the Lowes.

Swallows also catching flies at Loch of the Lowes.

Great Crested Grebe also catching flies.

Buzzards above the Loch.

Scotland part one

 Just got back from a weeks holiday in bonny Scotland so over the next few days (weeks) I will be posting some images from there. These first few were taken on the way there at Loch Leven. Quite a few Swallows were flying around the visitor centre and I saw my first Tree Sparrows in a long time.

Swallow.

Tree Sparrow.

Female Orange-tip Butterfly.

Common Snout Hoverfly.

Work

 Over the last few weeks, I have been taking my camera to work. I now only work two days a week and I only use the camera before the visitors arrive. Here are the results.

Nomad Bee.

Early Mining Bee.

Syrphus Sp. Hoverfly.

Platycheirus Sp. Hoverfly.

Marmalade Hoverfly.

Sawfly.

Cheilosia Sp. Hoverfly.

Tachinid Fly.

Platypalpus Sp. Fly.

St. Mark’s Fly.

Crane Fly.

Sawfly.

Flea Beetle.

Rove Beetle.

Byturus Sp. Beetle.

7-spot Ladybird.

Leafhopper nymph.

Nymph.

Thrips Larva?

Tortricidae Sp. Moth

Longhorn Moth.

Tortricidae Sp. Moth.

Grey Pine Carpet Moth?

Formica fusca Ant?

Crab Spider?

Jumping Spider.

Wolf Spider.

Newt.

Not a clue what this is but possibly a shed exoskeleton of an insect.