Wednesday, June 06, 2012

Garlieston to Eggerness Point 5th May 2012 am

A short walk this morning as we have an SOC walk in the afternoon.

Decided to walk from Garlieston to Eggerness Point, have tried to do this before, but there has always been shooting going on!

1-orange-tip

Orange-tip Butterfly

1-Whitethroat

Whitethroat

2-terns

Sandwich Terns

3-garlieston

View back towards Garlieston…

4-garlieston

…and zoomed in. The white cottage on the far left was a holiday cottage, we stayed there in about 1980!

5-honesty

Honesty

7-path

Bluebell woods

8-chimney-fire

I think someone has a chimney problem!

9-rock-pipit

Rock Pipit with food

10-whimbrel

Whimbrels

11-wild-garlic

Bluebells and Wild Garlic

12-early-purple-orchid

Early Purple Orchid

13-early-purple

 

14-Willow-warbler

Willow Warbler

15-green veined white butterfly

Green-veined White Butterfly

16-lichen

Colourful Lichen

17-lichen

 

18-bubbling-sea

Bubbling sea

19-primroses

Primroses

20-orchid

Another orchid, lots of these about

21-bugle

Bugle

22-cockchafer-tail

Remains of a Cockchafer Beetle

22-cockchafer-tail-2

 

23-Spring-Squill

Spring Squill

24-Tormentil

Tormentil

25-Birds-foot-trefoil

Birds-foot Trefoil

26-7-spot

7 Spot Ladybird

27-willow-warbler

Willow Warbler with feather

28-willow-warbler

I think they were nesting nearby

29-woodland-path

Woodland path

30-green-veined-white

Green-veined White underside…

31-green-veined-white

…and top

32-small-tortoiseshell

Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly

33-skylark

Back to the car and our lunchtime entertainment, not something you see often…

34-skylark

…a Skylark….

35-skylark

….having a dust bath

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