Beamish Hall & Black Plantation

 Coffee and scone in the Coach House at Beamish with some friends then a walk around the grounds. The pond held a nice surprise in the form of a distant male Broad-bodied Chaser. A few other water bourn insects were also on the pond. Unfortunately, I didn’t manage to get any images of the Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary butterflies at Black Plantation as not one of them would settle. I did however get a Golden-ringed Dragonfly (thanks Brian for the info).

Broad-bodied Chaser.

Common Pond Skater.

Whirligig Beetle.

Backswimmer.

Golden-ringed Dragonfly.

Large Skipper Butterfly.

Plant Bug.

Hoverfly hovering.

Bloch-winged Hoverfly hovering?

Common Yellow Sally.

Sawfly.

Twizell Woods

 A walk around Twizell woods at the beginning of the month didn’t produce the Dragonflies I was hoping for but I did get my first Large Red Damselfly of the year. Here is what else I saw.

Large Red Damselfly.

Common Green Shieldbug.

Hawthorn Shieldbug (unfortunately this is the best I could get).

Weevil.

Bug.

We used to call these Blackclocks.

Long horned Moth.

Another Long horned Moth.

Water Beetle.

Pond Skater.

Sawfly.

St Mark’s fly.

A mating pair.

White-tailed Bumblebee?

Fly.

Caterpillar of the Drinker Moth perhaps.

Crane-fly.

Scotland June 2023

 21.06.23 The vast majority of these images were shot in the garden and grounds of Lettoch Beag cottage. I’ve tried my best to identify everything but if I have got anything wrong please feel free to correct me.

Male and female Meadow Plant Bug.

Male Meadow Plant Bug.

I thought at first it was laying an egg but it can’t be it’s a male.

Another Sp. of Plant Bug?

Garden Chafer.

Ground Beetle.

Grammoptera Sp.Beetle?

Two-banded Wasp Hoverfly.

Emerald Damselfly.

Male Azure Damselfly.

Female Azure Damselfly.

Snipe Fly.

Robber Fly.

Cleg.

Pondskaters.

Common Blue Butterfly.

Ringlet Butterfly.

Bordered White Moth.

Silver-ground Carpet Moth.

Crambus perlella Moth.

Peacock Butterfly Caterpillars?

Wolf Spider Sp.

Aphids.

A single pine needle hanging by a thread.