Ardinning October
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Amethyst Deceiver possibly?
Quite a lot of rain recently, but we had a dry hour or so, some sun a a fairly strong breeze.
A few blue damselflies and smallish red dragonflies along the path. Sheltered by the bracken which is starting to droop, lots of flowers go to seed. Scabious coming up strongly.
A few peacock butterflies on the knapweed, a small copper on the path, the odd painted lady and white but fewer than recently.
I love seeing wood pigeons flighting in the wind. The Black Linn was full of rain water.
Day 5 in @macgenie‘s photo challenge Determination. This is what the painted ladies need to migrate from North Africa to Scotland across multiple generations. Seems to be a big year for butterflies here painted ladies in particular.
We had a walk round Loch Ardinning reserve this morning.
Turned out warm, still and clear despite the forecast.
Grass drying from the rain, sparkling.
Fair number of butterflies around, Small Tortoiseshells, Ringlets, some Whites and a lot of Painted Ladies. One or two others I didn’t ID, including a duller red/brown one.
Plenty of blue damselflies and some small red dragonflies.
Saw one wee lizard wriggling away through the grass and one on the wall. The latter looked as if it was regrowing its tail.
Loch Ardinning Wildlife Reserve 13 Jul 2019
Warm bright and breezy, perfect weather.
Loads of ringlets and blue damselflies. A fair number of grasshoppers.
3 ravens circling and kronking shining black in a bright blue sky.
Ardinning 2019-07-08 late afternoon
Overcast a shower just stopped as we arrived. Warm & calm.
Meadow sweet & Valerian coming on strong.
Lots of ringlets
A pair of Great crested grebes on the loch.
Lots of spotted orchids and a couple of butterfly orchids( lesser or greater?) 
Warm, overcast & muggy
Flora, orchard, tormentil, buttercup, valerian, yarrow, bedstraw, speedwell, forget-me-not, pignut
Fauna, damselflies blue & red, dragonflies, Ringlets, Small heath, pearl-bordered Fritillary, painted lady, tiger moth, A Common lizard 1st here
Walknotes Ardinning 2019-06-22
Walknotes Ardinning 2019-06-22
Lots of blue damselflies a couple of red ones. Plenty of dragonflies.
Small Heath butterflies.
A small pearl-bordered Fritillary.
First Orchids.
A cuckoo calling.
The selfie stick useful for Fritillary.
Warm little breeze some clouds.
Ardinning morning reflections