Scotland

                                                            Catoptria  margaritella

                                                                 Dotted Carpet

                                                       Garden Tiger in the garden

                                     Good to get Scotch Argus along the Caladonian Canal (UK species 53 )

                                                                Scottish Grayling 'atlantica'

Recent bits

                                                   Gold Spangle

                                                     Brown Hawker

                                                Old lady

Gulls ID

A brilliant pic from Sweden ,,,,for all you gull freaks............

Red Kite

Had a very lucky Red Kite on the 20th at Jay House lane , I had been there at lunch time looking for Med Gulls with no luck and then I had to drop my lad off at Golf just up the road and just as I drove along jay house lane one flew low south..☺☺☺Also had my first Buzzard over the local wood for a few weeks which is a good sign..................

Scarce Silver Y and White Satin

                   The good run of new moths continues with these two beautys ............SSY on the 16th and 19th and White Satin on the 19th.

Sabine's Gull

 Went to Nosterfield CP with Nick D to catch up with this beauty , also present breeding Avocet , 3 Black tailed Godwit , 100 + Curlew / Lapwing  , LRP , RP , Common Sand , 2 Common Tern , Redshank and Brimstone butterfly...... (picks by NCD above and Glyn  Sellors below thanks guys)

Varied Coronet x 2

This was a smart moth from last nightand another first for me here  , also on the garage wall were 6 Swallow -tailed Moths.

Bempton

                                                        Marbled White and Burnet

                                                                 Juv Kitiwake

                                                                Balck tailed Skimmers

House Sparrows

An excellent year for House Sparrows with a flock of 25 (mainly juvs ) on a bird table behind our house and up to 15 in and around Hedge top lane.

Last week of June early July 2017

                                                   Common Emerald

                                                                   Clay -triple Lines

Four  new moths for Northowram recently with  Beautiful Hook Tip , Clay triple lines , Common Emerald and Pine Carpet , nice to have a bit of time at home. Also very good news from the Mull moth recorder confirming that the Catoptria furcatellus was the first confirmed record for Mull....One old record is mentioned but with no details................

Beautiful Hook Tip

Pine Carpet

Mull.................

Thanks for the photos Allan 

                                                         Sundew

                                                              Butterwort

                                                                  Drinker

                                          Catoptria furcatellus This species is on the VC 103 list but the record is very old and no details ,so this record is the first photo record for Mull ....Nice one

                                                      Golden Plover at 2500 ft

                                                      Four Spotted Chaser

                                                  Small Pearl Bordered  Fritillary

                                                   The highlands from Mull

                                                            Whinchat just out of the nest

                                                                   Argent and Sable
Watched an Adult White tailed Sea Eagle at the nest site ripping a fish up and then taking it to feed young..... and Hen Harriers nesting by the roadside.......different world with a whole industry dedicated to watching Eagles , otters and wildlife....................Satyr Pug  and  Dotted Buff .

Caspian Gulls some good information below

https://www.facebook.com/Punkbirder/videos/568885576615051/?fref=nf

Duddon, Cumbria

Found this Oystercatcher nesting on the railway track ,3 eggs( last year it was in the same place 27th May 2016 and only 2 eggs) and this young carrion crow was ripped up by an adult male Peregrine..Loads of Little Egrets and breeding Goosander.

House Sparrows

Its been a very good year for House Sparrows on hedge top lane this year with at least 8/10 pairs well on with there second broods, Looks like a couple of pairs of Swifts are in the village somewhere and one pair of House Martins were noted today. Great spotted Woodpecker  , Starlings , Goldfinch and Greenfinch have all got young and I watched a pair of Linnets collecting seed heads ...LBBGulls have been on the move all week and saw my first 5 BHGulls heading north this morning.
  Red Admiral and Speckled Wood in the garden.

Islay 2

3 different Golden Eagles seen very well 2 adults and a 2cy , 1 adult White tailed Eagle , 1 adult male Velvet Scoter , 1 Ring necked Duck , 2 summer Red - throated Diver , Male and female Hen Harrier , 1 Barnacle Goose , 30 Barwit , 11 Knot , 100 + Marsh Fritillary , and a few Adder