{"id":10522,"date":"2019-07-30T14:40:12","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T13:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/?p=10522"},"modified":"2025-07-07T16:50:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T15:50:10","slug":"loch-ardinning-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/loch-ardinning-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"Loch Ardinning Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had a walk round Loch Ardinning reserve this morning.<br \/>\nTurned out warm, still and clear despite the forecast.<\/p>\n<p>Grass drying from the rain, sparkling.<\/p>\n<p>Fair number of butterflies around, Small Tortoiseshells, Ringlets, some Whites and a lot of Painted Ladies. One or two others I didn&#8217;t ID, including a duller red\/brown one.<\/p>\n<p>Plenty of blue damselflies and some small red dragonflies.<\/p>\n<p>Saw one wee lizard wriggling away through the grass and one on the wall. The latter looked as if it was regrowing its tail.<a href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_5439.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10524\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/loch-ardinning-morning\/img_5439\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_5439.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone XS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1564484216&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;16&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0035714285714286&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_5439\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_5439-620x465.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_5439-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10524\" src=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_5439.jpg\" alt=\"Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_5439.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_5439-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_5439-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_5439-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_5439-668x501.jpg 668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_5440.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10525\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/loch-ardinning-morning\/img_5440\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_5440.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone XS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1564485110&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;16&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00093896713615023&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_5440\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_5440-620x465.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_5440-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10525\" src=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_5440.jpg\" alt=\"View of campsies from Ardinning\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_5440.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_5440-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_5440-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_5440-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_5440-668x501.jpg 668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_5441.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10526\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/loch-ardinning-morning\/img_5441\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_5441.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone XS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1564485554&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.25&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0081967213114754&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_5441\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_5441-620x465.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_5441-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10526\" src=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_5441.jpg\" alt=\"raindrops on grass\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_5441.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_5441-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_5441-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_5441-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_5441-668x501.jpg 668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_5445.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10527\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/loch-ardinning-morning\/img_5445\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_5445.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone XS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1564487155&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.25&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0024752475247525&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_5445\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" 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href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_5447.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10528\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/loch-ardinning-morning\/img_5447\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_5447.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone XS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1564487596&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.25&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0013568521031208&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_5447\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" 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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&#8217;t ID, including a duller red\/brown one. Plenty of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"status","meta":{"mf2_syndication":["https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B0iszXTlz34\/","https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/troutcolor\/albums\/72157709985725707","https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnjohnston\/status\/1156198455481704450"],"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[953,891],"tags":[761,911,821],"post_format":[642],"class_list":{"0":"post-10522","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-status","6":"category-posse","7":"category-walknote","8":"tag-ardinning","9":"tag-butterflies","10":"tag-butterfly","11":"post_format-post-format-status","12":"kind-note","14":"h-entry","15":"hentry"},"better_featured_image":null,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p57zFQ-2JI","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"kind":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10522"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10531,"href":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10522\/revisions\/10531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10522"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_format?post=10522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}