Sunday 31 July 2011

Short walk at Auchmithie to Arbroath Cliff Path

The first picture below is a collage of some of the 12 commonest different wild flowers we saw in the field margins and along the cliff path. This was clearly attracting hundreds of insects, bumble bees, hover flies, butterflies and some day flying moths including a Cinnabar Moth which a certain 5 year old scared away before a photo could be taken! As well as the butterflies below there were also Large and Small Whites and a few Ringlets.

Wild Flowers at the Coastguards Houses, Auchmithie

Hover Flies

Green Veined White Butterfly

Common Red Soldier Beetles

Tortoise Shell Butterfly

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