More from our Scottish holiday in July.
Blotch-winged Hoverfly.
Udea lutealis Moth.
Emerald Damselfly.
Ichneumonid Sp.
Green Leafhopper.
Another Osprey taken while I was looking for something
else so all the wrong settings used.
Dark Green Fritillary.
Still way behind with the processing of all the images (I haven’t even seen some of them yet) I have taken over the last couple of months so much so that these go way back to June at Burdon Moor.
Grasshopper.
Two-spot Ladybird.
Common Rhogogaster.
Black-backed Sawfly.
7-spot Ladybird.
Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet Moth.
There were quite a few Large Skippers around.
Scaeva selenitica hovering.
Meadow Brown Butterfly.
Bumblebee coming into land on a Foxglove.
A holiday in Scotland would not be the same if we didn’t visit Loch of the Lowes to see the Osprey. Unfortunately, this year the Ospreys have not raised any young, the female did lay two eggs but neither hatched. They are however looking after the nest and their territory. The male still brings fish to the female while she is on the nest (he tried but failed when we were there) and twigs are still brought in by both male and female.
Male coming to the nest with a stick, she wanted a
fish.
Male on the right female on the left.
He landed on a tree
And looked to see if he could see anything in the loch.
A failed attempt to catch a fish.
But he was soon caught
Then overtaken by a duck.
He did this quite a few times.
Another tree.
Another failed attempt.
Female bringing in a stick.
And another one.
Female calling for food, she was unlucky while we were
there.
…or Bowes Valley Nature Reserve is a great place for Dragonflies so around the middle of last month my wife and I had a walk around the pond to see what was there. We weren’t disappointed.
Female Emperor Dragonfly.
She landed on the pond
And began to lay eggs.
She was laying eggs in several places.
Male Emperor Dragonfly.
They were always patrolling
So, getting one in a perched position was a bonus.
Emperor with an Azure Damselfly flying close by.
An Emperor with a Four-spotted Chaser above.
Four-spotted Chaser.
One of them kept landing in the same place sometimes
with prey.
Black-tailed Skimmer.
Burnet Moth.
Small Skipper.
Large Skipper.
Shaded Broad-bar Moth.
Grasshopper.
Little Grebe humbug.
Little Grebe.
