Just back from Peebles

We've just had a lovely few days in Peebles. We stayed at Venlaw Farm Bed and Breakfast as we have done a couple of times before. This time there were four young lambs who were very friendly

while the farm dog (I'm pretty sure this is Meg who was there last time we visited) was very eager to play, despite having a bit of a limp

We went for some lovely walks, including along the River Tweed

where we saw this family of goosanders

and this young  oystercatcher with one of its parents

We then continued along the river through the wooded cycleway to Glentress

We also walked round the hill path circular walk that starts from the farm

We saw plenty of butterflies, including this red admiral

and moths including this, which i think is a red necked footman (please correct me if I'm wrong!)

Even the short woodland walk into the centre of Peebles was full of wildlife including this family of rabbits

and this very angry blackcap

I've never seen a blackcap with its cap raised like that before! It must have been nesting very close to the path!

We didn't even need to leave the bedroom to see this most beautiful mayfly - any ideas on which species it might be?