Had a short walk around the braes, heather very purple, few butterflies around, and a couple of big dark blue dragonflies.
Tag: Kilpatrick Braes
Flora on Kilpatrick muir, At the back, common ling & bell heather. Some blaeberry leaves poking through. At the front, yellow bedstraw, harebells, yarrow, willow herb. Grasses with seed heads, Yorkshire fog and others.
Took a short walk on the braes this morning. Lotos of interesting birds around. #nature
Nice walk yesterday morning. Meadow Sweet starting to come out. 8 Ravens flying above edge of braes. Butterflies: Ringlet, Small heath, Meadow Brown. Lots of folk on the road, Braes quiet, quite wet in long grass.
Walk around Kilpatrick muir this afternoon. Warm sunny, blue skys, lots of butterflies: small heath; green veined whites; orange tips, orange not identified. Red Kite flying above the moor, 1st I’ve seen here.
The Blackthorn at the Kilpatrick muir id a little behind others I’ve seen recently from the road.
We did see out first tortoiseshell butterfly and quite a few bees today. A couple of larks singing on the muir too.
Blue Skies, Kilpatrick Braes.
First Primrose. A few round a wee waterfall. Some wilted by frost.
Had a short walk around lunchtime at the edge of the Kilpatrick Braes. Blue Skies! Buzzards, Kestrel, Bullfinches & a Raven.