Scotland 2025

Just back from a week’s (it’s never long enough) holiday in Scotland. We were staying once again in a cottage called Lettoch Beag not far from Killecrankie. Although I have loads of images to go through from last month, I thought I would do my first Blog from Scotland and then try and do a local one. It might take a while I’ll see how it goes. 

Emerald Damselfly from the pond in the garden of the cottage.

Common Green Capsid Bug.

Wasp.

Great-spotted Woodpecker.

There were a couple of Red Squirrel in the grounds of the cottage.

A Mole running around in the middle of the day. It did eventually make its way back underground.

One of the House Martins flying around the cottage.

Greenfinch.

A very distant Black-throated Diver.

This Dark Giant Horsefly landed on the car. 

Studley Royal

My wife and I decided to have another trip to Studley Royal to try and get to see the Red Deer rutting. We did see some of what I would call practice rutting by some of the males but not the real full-on thing that we were hoping for. I think most of the images speak for themselves so notmanywords. Once again, a couple of the images are a bit graphic so do not look if you are sensitive. 

Not something you see every day.

We saw this on the way back to the car.

Three walks…

…(just for my daily exercise) in the same area, Causey Arch.

I wouldn’t normally take pictures of dead animals but this unfortunate Mole was on the path we were on. It wasn’t there a couple of days later so something may have benefited from its death.

Pheasant

Nuthatch

GSW

One of many Chiffchaffs that I both saw and heard

Pity it wasn’t a Red

This Bee was flying close to the ground, it went down a hole stayed down for a while and here it is coming out

Fungus

I have seen this Red Kite before in the same area.

Loads of these little fellows were around

Treecreeper

This one was singing its head off

Mallard

Another Chiffchaff

Yet another Wren

Grey Wagtail

A pair of Grey Wagtails

Dipper

I didn’t hear it call so it must be yawning

Dipper being photobombed by yet another Wren

Yet another one

Quizzical Robin

Long-tailed Tit