Thursday, 5 August 2021

Barry Buddon - insects, a few birds and more

   
The results of a hard walk in bright sunshine on August 3rd to Buddon Ness and along the beach, dunes and roads. I have to mention the blooming clegs which wouldn't give me peace almost all the way back.
I'd missed the high tide but did see a flock of over 100 Sanderlings, a few terns and Gannets out at sea.  

Feel free to correct my identifications , I don't have time to get them all correct! 

The only recent video, this Goldfinch in my garden eating thistle seeds, click here


Blue-tailed Damselfly, not a glorious starting photo and probably one of the last taken on the golf course, by which time I was knackered carrying the big lens and frustrated by the clegs




Cattle need to be avoided just now, they are surrounded by clouds of biting insects




Common Blue female



same one as above




Common Blue Damselfly, male




Common Darter Dragonfly, female







Common Darter Dragonfly male








Dark Green Fritillary




"The Footballer" Helophilus pendulus




Emerald Damselfly








Fox and Cubs (or variant of)




Red Clover




Heath Grasshopper (or field?)



Heath Grasshopper and bullet hole



Many bullet holes in this "jack up" target, it clearly put up a good fight before succumbing!






Green-veined White




Grey Seal




Harebell




Kestrel female, it's been on this territory all year




Meadow Brown




Shaded Broad-bar Moth




Ringlet



Ringlet




Robber Fly species




Roe Deer



I couldn't avoid flushing them as they were close to the road, the only alternative would have been climbing the fence into the grenade range - that would be folly




Small Heath




Crab Spider species (maybe)




A spider in its web having captured a Wasp species




Stonechat juvenile




Syrphus ribesii Hoverfly (best guess)




Toad, a tiny one




Wheatear   


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