Thursday, August 08, 2013

Stairhaven Coast Path–27th July 2013

Very hot so we decided not to travel too far today, I nice coastal walk seemed ideal so we headed for Stairhaven.

1-Loch-Ryan

Loch Ryan on the way

2-stairhaven

Stairhaven

3-Purple-loosestrife

Purple Loosestrife

4-Perenial-sow-thistle

Perennial Sow-thistle

5-heron

Grey Heron

6-grasshopper

Common Green Grasshopper pos

9-brown-grasshopper

Field Grasshopper pos

10-cinnabar

Cinnabar moth caterpillar on Ragwort

11-shaded-broad-bar

Shaded Broad-bar

12-small-tortoiseshell

Small Tortoiseshell

13-hedge-woundwort

Hedge Woundwort

14-sea-kale

Sea Kale

15-silver-y

Silver Y

16-thorn backed ray

Thornback Ray I think

17-thorn back ray

Thornback Ray tail

18-6-spot-burnet

6 Spot Burnet Moth

19-common-blue

Common Blue Butterfly

20-seabass

Seabass pos

21-sea-kale

Sea Kale

22-bridge

Bridge over the burn

23-tracks

Sand tracks

24-stairhaven

Calm

25-harebells

Harebells

26-stairhaven

A hot summers day and there was only one other person on the beach!

27-stairhaven

 

28-golden-ringed-dragonfly

Golden-ringed Dragonfly

29-stairhaven

Blue, blue sea

30-turbines

You can see the new windfarm at Glenluce from the coastpath

32-small-tortoiseshell

Small Tortoiseshell

33-roe-deer

Roe Deer

34-grasshopper

Grasshopper

35-stairhaven

 

36-meadow-brown

Meadow Brown

37-roe-deer-fawns

Roe Deer fawns hiding in the long grass

38-orange-swift

Orange Swift moth

39-small-copper

Small Copper butterfly

40-hopper Evacanthus interruptus

Evacanthus interruptus

41-hopper Evacanthus interruptus

Evacanthus interruptus

42-nettletap

Nettletap

43-7-spot-ladybird

7 Spot ladybird

44-red-admiral

Red Admiral

45-leafcutter-bee-nest megachile sp

Leafcutter Bee nest

46-mirid-bug

Green bug

47-24-spot-ladybird

24 Spot Ladybird

48-mating-hoppers

Evacanthus interruptus mating

49-green-dock-beetles-mating

Green Dock Beetles mating, they are all at it!

50-green-dock-beetles

 

51-painted-lady

Painted Lady

52-ruby-tiger

Ruby Tiger moth

53-ruby-tiger

Ruby Tiger

55-ruby-tiger

Ruby Tiger

56-meadow

Harebells

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