A trip around Murton Nature Reserve near Forfar, with photos of insects, flowers, birds and mammals. The ponds are still at record high levels which has affected the bird species using or likely to use the habitat, few birds were seen and no chicks of any kind, although a Lapwing was behaving as if at least one was near to it.
Some of the latest and new visitors to my garden at the bottom, numbers are still low when compared to good years. Insects are very infrequent despite the pond and wild area, and Olive's flowers are yet to prove they are bee friendly with many not flowering yet.
"Do a deer", click here
Roe Deer, a young buck seen from and reasonably close to the Gladstone Hide at Murton
I'm disappointed that I'd left the P1000 in the car and never got the good video I could have
A female Blue-tailed Damselfly caught in a spiders web, I released it and it broke the silk between its wing and tail and flew off. (I had a wrong ID here originally)
Male Common Blue Damselfly
A newly emerged Blue-tailed Damselfly female. (I think)
Once a male finds a female he hangs onto her, much like I've done with Olive!
Cinnabar Moth, another newly emerged insect
Green Veined White Butterfly with unusually black veins and markings on the upper-wings
I think as the wings dry out and age, then the black may fade somewhat
Possibly a Clarke's Mining Bee, known to like sand pits and heathland
Drake Gadwall, there were around 10 Gadwall still around the reserve, and only one Swan nest surviving
Likely a Northern Marsh Orchid, Google Lens suggested Broad-leaved Marsh Orchid
The male of a pair, both birds were resting together and don't look to have bred or succeeded if they did
Whitethroat, flitting about briefly in front of the car park hide
Female Yellowhammer in my garden, I now have two pairs visiting in the evenings with the males throughout the day
Feed them and they'll come in. It helps to live on the edge of town
The only young Blackbird I've had in the garden so far, I suspect the three cats I'm dealing with are an issue for the newly fledged Blackbirds. Note, no rant about that, it's pointless they love their cats like children, or more so
I think the Blue Tits have young in a nest nearby, and I'm keeping a lookout for fledglings
The first Greenfinch fledgling and more advanced than I see in most years. I wonder if the weather we had affected when they left the nest or moved around
Likely a Syrphus ribesii Hoverfly
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