Monday 26 July 2010

Murton Nature Reserve July 2010

A series of photos, mostly of insects, and especially for Finn, Robyn and Lauren who continue to be interested in "Bugs" and "Mini-Beasts.

I did spend time identifying each of the species and am confident I've got them correct. If I'm wrong let me know.

They include the Common Red Darter Dragonfly, Common Blue, Emerald and Blue Tailed Damselflies, Grasshoppers and Cinnabar Moth Caterpillar.

Murton Wildflower Meadow, near Sand Martin Bank

Blue Tailed Damselfly (Male)

Emerald Damselfly (Male)

Emerald Damselfly (Female)

Common Darter Dragonfly (Male)

Fox and Cubs Flower

Garden Spider in Murton Hide

Cinnabar Moth Caterpillar and Red Tailed Bumblebee

Common Green Grasshopper

Common Field Grasshopper

Small Tortoise Shell Butterfly

Common Blue Damselfly (Paired)

Common Blue Damselfly (Male)

Common Blue Damselfly (Male)

Wednesday 14 July 2010

First Summer Holiday Hillwalk

Mount Keen Hillwalk.
We started at the car park at Invermark at the top of Glenesk and followed the well marked and easy to navigate path to the summit of Mount Keen which is the easternmost Scottish Munro at 939 metres. The walk takes an hour to the start of the climb, two hours to the summit, around an hour back down again and a further hour back to the car.
As well as the wildlife shown here below, we also saw for the first time in a long while a female Adder which slinked into the heather from the track close to the Queens Well. Also Meadow or Rock Pipits, Lapwing, Rabbits, and even a one pound brown trout in the river at the measuring station at Invermark.

Juvenile Mistle Thrush near the Queens Well

Wheatear feeding on the road kill near the Queens Well

Fox Moth Caterpillar, especially for Fin

Tuesday 13 July 2010

Olive summits out at Mount Keen

Stags in velvet at Invermark

I've got to come clean about these Stag pictures. Although they are not enclosed behind deer fences they are in a field they could easily escape from but don't appear to want to. I can only assume they have been hand reared and fed since then and given their size must have passed at least one rut season. The yellow marker tags in their ears were air brushed out. They can easily be seen in a small field from the path to Queens Well.

Invermark Stag

Invermark Stag 2

Thistle like plant at Invermark

Olive feeding the local Chaffinches

Late Robin fledgling at Invermark

Bunnies, added for Olive

More than just mackerel

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