I have added photos of Swifts from my garden and one of the four Yellowhammers. Swifts are never easy to capture and in an urban area with walls, garages, fences and buildings, they aren't seen till they are too close and too fast.
It took dozens of attempts to get this Swift using an older set up I use for insects
This one went straight into the nest in my roof
Visits are more frequent now they are feeding chicks
This Yellowhammer appeared from damp undergrowth, I suspect I'll see chicks soon but they won't stay around
Common Tern, South Esk estuary, Montrose
Sitting on a security camera, very apt
One of perhaps five Bottlenose Dolphins near Scurdie Ness, they swam downstream as the tide turned and started to rise
Common Blue Butterfly
Whitethroat. I only got one decent photo of this bird as it hopped around dense brambles, made worse as people walked by. Also a council worker arrived to spray giant hogweed which was in amongst the brambles. I know it's important to get rid of the hogweed but it would create a lot of disturbance to the Whitethroat and Linnets. Therein is the dilemma?
Lapwing juvenile, Lurgies
Meadow Brown Butterfly on the path at the Lurgies
Painted Lady Butterfly
Ringlet Butterfly
Giant House Spider - Eratigena species, there are three variants which can only be separated by their reproductive organs....
Seen in my garden while trying to photograph my Swifts, with an 800mm lens. That meant I had to photograph these caterpillars from 5 metres away. No idea so far to an ID
Unknown moth species, photo from my phone
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