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.
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.
I have finally caught up on the processing of the images I have taken recently (apart of the ones taken at work over the last few weeks) so here are a few more images of a local Barn Owl.
This Gull was harassing the Barn Owl.
Barn Owl on the hunt.
It was even harassed by a Magpie.
