Wild and Wonderful

While we were in the north of Scotland, we took an afternoon cruise to the lovely Summer Isles, off Achiltibuie, some way north of Ullapool...

A satisfied dolphin-watcher (me!) We recently returned from a glorious holiday in Scotland, visiting lochs, lochans and a few islands...

An early morning visitor to our garden!

© Caroline Gill ... a work in progress So much has been happening and I have got very behind with my posts, so this will be something of...

Newts It's time for my May 2011 update, and I'm ashamed to say that I spotted very few 'first in 2011' species of bird. ...

It was, as ever, a real privilege to watch this beautiful bird tending its young. We didn't see the chicks, but we watched both parent...

Fox-and-cubs Having spotted my first clump of Sea Campion this season, a further wild flower sighting today - this time of the unmissable...

I love the way in which this female Common Blue butterfly is marked with complementary shades of blue and orange. Not only does the butt...

Thick-legged Flower Beetle ~ Oedemera nobilis I was struck by the iridescence of this beetle, scuttling its way across an Ox-eye Daisy....

There was rather a different selection of Damselflies from my previous visit some days ago. In terms of colour, there were blues and greens...

Emerald Damselfly, Lestes sponsa Friday this week is earmarked as a GREEN day by the West Country branch of the RSPB . The day will hig...

The weather was unpromising, but we had a few patches here and there of watery sunshine. There were far fewer Damselflies about than on our ...

Helophilus on Dog rose  It is not easy to tell whether the face is yellow, but the mid tibiae do seem to be. Green Nettle Weevil (...