Sannox Glen - an assortment of flying things and bog plants!

A beautiful walk up the Glen produced lots of dragonflies along the river .....

Four Spotted Chaser

Golden Ringed Dragonfly

Dark Green Frittilary

Egg laying Golden Ringed Dragonfly

Tiger Beetle

Magpie Moth

Bog Asphodel

Sundew

Speckled Wood

This is an interesting one, at first I thought it was a Tree Bumblebee but then noticed it was really a fly! Would love to know if anybody knows its true identity.

 

 

 

 

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Golden Eagle Eyrie

Apologies for poor quality but all the videos and photos of the Golden Eagles were take at a distance of at least 1 mile through a telescope on 50X at the top of a windy hill on the opposite side of the valley!
We spotted a pair of Golden Eagles soaring on Arran within an hour of landing and then couldn’t believe it when we spotted two nearly fledged juveniles.

 

  

  

A little teaser..

a taste of things to come!

Around the Island…

Padda Island and lighthouse

RSPB Ailsa Craig out at sea

Brodick in the distance..

Watching Red Throated Divers, Red Breasted Mergansers and Dophins..

Lochranza

We stayed in the northern town of Lochranza which was a great base for travelling around the island, it also has an idyllic castle and distillery

Isle of Arran

We have just had a glorious week on the Isle of Arran with my parents, we were blessed with fabulous weather which can be a rare thing on the west of Scotland. Here are shots from the start of the ferry journey from Ardrossan to Brodick….

My parents with Arran in the background

Hummingbird Hawkmoth

Not often you see one still, this one on our wall this afternoon looks completely different when in flight you could almost describe this as drab but transforms when flying.

More Tree Bumblebees

I keep coming across Tree Bumblebees wherever I go - this nest is in Alkborough village and I have also seen them in 2 gardens in Ashby and Scunthorpe and of course they are numerous in our Normanby garden.
Down on Alkborough Flats yesterday were 14 Little Egrets,  3 Spoonbills and another 5 Sandwich Terns dropped in but no sign of Friday's reported Great White Egret.  Also in our garden on Friday we had our first Hummingbird Hawkmoth of the season and 3 Long-Eared Bats chasing around the Birch at the bottom of the garden.

New patch tick....

At Alkborough this evening 6 Sandwich Terns sitting out in front of the hide with 5 Little Gulls for company.  Another heavy storm forecast for tonight so could be something good tomorrow......