Black Plantation

 17.06.22 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary butterflies were the target for my visit to Black Plantation. There were quite a few on the wing in a rather blustery breeze which unfortunately didn’t make it easy to photograph them.

Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary butterfly.

Latticed Heath moth.

Tortricidae Sp.

Final instar Forest Shieldbug.

Click Beetle having lunch.

7-spot Ladybird.

Great Pied Hoverfly.

Isle of Mull part 4

It’s not only the larger birds of prey or the Otters I enjoy taking pictures of when I’m on Mull, the smaller birds and insects are just as interesting.

White-tailed Eagles

Large crops on these images because I was looking for insects and butterflies when I came across these Razorbills feeding. Unfortunately, I had a shorter focal length lens on the camera than I needed.

The Terns were trying to steal the fish from the Razorbills.

A couple of young Whinchat’s

Whinchat

This one did not like its sibling hanging around

Final instar Gorse Shield bug

Final instar Gorse Shield bug

Gorse Shield bug

We were sitting on Calgary beach when this Forest Bug landed on me. I put it down into the grass where it climbed up to the top.

We could not believe it when a few minutes later another one landed on my wife

Small Copper butterfly

Scotch Argus butterfly

Hoverfly Sericomyia silentis

 

White letter day

Had a great day out yesterday at Blanchland with some friends of ours. The day started well with Spotted Flycatcher in the car park (no Golden-ringed Dragonfly when I was there, hope you got one Rob) then Swifts flying around the village. On to the White Monk for a coffee and scone then a walk along the river which produced a very obliging young Robin and Dipper (no pictures of the Dipper, wrong lens) and a couple of Forest Bugs (right lens). It was lunch in the Lord Crewe then a walk up to the lead mine. Green-veined White, Small Skipper and a Grasshopper posed for pictures.

Said goodbye to our friends after a great day dropped my wife off at home then it was down to a well-known spot (very well known judging by all the trampled grass) for another first for me White-letter Hairstreak of which I saw two.


Spotted Flycatcher



Spotted Flycatcher



Swift



Swift



Robin



Forest Bugs



Green-veined White



Small Skipper



Grasshopper



White-letter Hairstreak



White-letter Hairstreak



White-letter Hairstreak



White-letter Hairstreak