dumfreis and galloway, holiday day 5, part 1

a swallows nest inside one of the huts. look at all those gaping mouths.

an adorable baby spotted flycatcher

awaits recognition but an icredible bug. about the size and a common darter.

guess the bird, well i,ll tell you-it's a redpoll my first ever (my new bird)



a nice family portrait of spotted flycatchers

some adorable fledgling swallows which were sat on the car parked next to us. they were quite bold so you could get really close
a scorching day today at port logan gardens:
the birds were out in force as were the insects-
4 swallows and nest (2 fledglings on car and 2 parents)
5 coal tit, 3 blue tit, 2 goldfinch, 4 greenfinch,
insects: common darter, bee's, butterflys, that wasp thing
1 spotted fly+ juv
a redpoll (spec)
2 toads, buzzards and a ketrel

dumfries and galloway, holiday day 4, part 1

no pics todaya dn too ruff to go snorkling so just played in the big waves
2 gannets
4 oystercatchers
2 sandwhich terns
2 ringed plovers

dumfires and galloway, holiday day 3, part 3

a sparrow eating the grass seeds

saw these twite on the way driving home so slowed down to take some shots. the blue haze is becuase they were taken through the window

a cute little picture taken in violent wind speeds.

plenty off stuff in the farmland and on the cliff tops:

kestrel

black guillemot (in harbour)

pied wagtail

pigeon

herring gulls

gannets

jackdaws

swallows

hare

bank vole

fulmar

dumfries and galloway, holiday day 3, part 2

gannets were diving really close

redshank flock

a star photo

went to port logan after the wether imporved

there were

sparrows

twite

gannets

redshank

common gull

black headed gull

ringed plovers

sandwhich tern

herring gulls

oystercatchers

goldfinch

dumfries and galloway, holiday day 3, part 1

only the brave challenged the bitter weather

some suffered badly

some sought refuge

all these blobs are snails

the mull off galloway was bleak,bitter and wet place today

even so we still saw:

kittywakes

shags

gannets

carrion/hooded crow hybrid

wheatear

rock pipit

snails!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

guillemots (in sparse numberas)

pigeons

dumfreis and galloway, holiday day 2, part 1

plenty of butterflys in ther gardens

if anybody knows anything about plants please tell me what this orchid is

white wagtail at castle kennedy gardens

lareg flock of eiders at the wig

moth off some sort

went to a beach called "the wig" today (bottom three pics) but left soon due to lack of anything interesting and then went to castle kennedy gardens where there waslotsoff things here is a list of birds seen today:

the wig:

1 shellduck

7 redshank

34 eiders

1 greenfinch

9 oystercatchers

black-headed gull

castle kennedy:

cormorant

heron

kestrel

white wagtail

pied wagtail

pheasant

various butterflys

dunnock

tufted duck

robin

dumfries and galloway, holiday day 1, part 3

an adult whitethroat about to feed the juveniles

a juvenile whitethroat. part of a large family that was hidden in the shrubery.


a song thrush, the only real garden bird that we saw today

cinabar moth catapillar

a juvenile stonechat

a reed bunting. there was a large-ish colony of these next to a cronfeild

grayling butterfly

a lovely male linnet

a grayling in camouflage mode

a nice walk ontop off the cliffs. it was craking the flags and absolutely glorious. as you can see there was plenty of wildlife and very little that id diddnt get a photo off. even so i also saw

2 fulmars

1 common blue

6-spot burnet moth

1 cormorant

dumfreis and galloway, holiday day 1, part 2

these black guillemots nest in the harbour wall at portpatrik. only my second ever but they are spectacular

a oystercatcher on the rcoky beach

a herring gull cheekily stealing salad cream from those baskets containing different sauces. one old lady wasnt too pleased

a nice rock pipit on the beach

only 1 eider in the harbour

as you can see plenty of wildlife even in the towns around here

in this ection of the day ther were also

4-gannets

1-fulmar

herring gulls

swallows

house martins

sparrows

pigeons

a cracker of a start

dumfries and galloway, holiday day 1, part 1

an early start when this young jackdaw flew into our orning area. it was really tame and could quite easily touch it. it took a fancy tot he pegs on my mums airer. it also took a fancy to the honey loops it was offered. it was great company for the morning but we never saw it again. i think it was too tame for its own good.