We've got some holiday and are enjoying a staycation. Today we visited Dalkeith Country Park for a walk round the woodland, which includes a lovely area of oak woodland
Some of the oak trees here are ancient
and one of the oak trees has fallen into this lovely little pond
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Near this pond we saw a number of damselflies, including this male azure damselfly
There were a lot of speckled wood butterflies all around the pond and throughout the woodland
and we saw a lot of other interesting insects including this chimney sweeper moth
and this speckled long horn beetle (thanks to Edinburgh Natural History Society for identifying this for me!)
We also met this beautiful roe deer, who kept turning the wrong way, trying to avoid us but stumbling back onto our path
1 comment:
Hello,
What a lovely day at the park, the flowers, insects and the deer are beautiful.
Have a happy day!
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