A heron awaits a lull in Storm Ciara
day 9: Lull #mbfeb
Tag: fauna
Ravens, At last a bright day. I’ve got a new camera, this was at 85x zoom (65 optical and the rest digital I guess) and cropped and resized to 1200 pixels. The zoom lens is a good way to watch at a distance.
A couple of ptarmigan on Troisgeach
A family of herons visited the smaller pond in Victoria Park this evening. To far out for a phone really. A few live photos knocked together with @snapthread and the quality removed with Handbreak.
Dabchick aka Little Grebe.
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.
Walking the edge of Kilpatrick Moor yesterday evening, a buzzard shouted at me for a few minutes.
Bright with a fair breeze.
Meadowsweet, Thyme Bell heather. First ripe blaeberries.
A day for butterflies:
Ringlet, Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Small Heath, Small Copper, Painted Lady, Red Admiral, Green Veined White, Meadow Brown, Peacock Caterpillars
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
