Yesterday we had a lovely walk round Craigmillar Castle Park. This is an area of open grassland and woodland round Craigmillar Castle, a ruin which has a long and interesting history including a close association with Mary Queen of Scots.
Although the weather was very mixed there were a lot of butterflies around. We saw a lot of Meadow Browns, a few Peacocks (see photo) and a couple of Red Admirals.
Plenty of bees too, including several common carders. 
We had an excellent view of a buzzard as it swept low over the fields, no doubt hunting one of the many rabbits that live in the area.
Beautiful photos. I'd love to visit your area one of these days.
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a wonderful walk to take. I think I am going to add the UK on my list for vacation spots.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by my blog, I will keep a hat close by in case another bat gets inside.
Mary Queen of Scots lived round here too Juliet, at Bolton Castle.
ReplyDeleteNice pictures too. You are right about buzzards - rabbit is their favourite food!
Three wows to those photographs, and I need to get to that castle.
ReplyDeleteWe are a little awash with buzzards, but I'm very excited by the sparrowhawk that's hunting regularly in my garden. Which is very sparrow-populus.
What an amazing butterfly!
ReplyDeleteVery impressed with your photos! Sounds like a lovely walk - we have a scarcity of castles in Australia, haha.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures. Scotland has so much wonderful history.
ReplyDeleteMeadow Browns have always been my favourites, since I was a little girl. Fairly common, plain and unassuming, but the prettiest to me
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Not much around here that is older than 120 years or so - and those are usually minmal log cabins from the first white settlers. MAybe some of the great carved cedar totem poles.
ReplyDeleteThat apple picture looks to be taken in my back yard!!! Ours are about 6 weeks or so from picking!
What a beautiful butterfly!
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