I went for a walk with a friend round the Musselburgh lagoons today. It was very warm and sunny, which brought out the butterflies and day flying moths!
It was lovely to see several common blue butterflies, a species that despite its name I don't see very often
Also several small skippers, which are currently extending their range into Scotland, these were the first I have seen of this lovely little butterfly
There were also ringlets, meadow browns and large white butterflies. They were joined by a number of five spot burnet moths
There were also lots of birds around - eider ducks at the beach, reed buntings and whitethroats singing in the scrub and skylarks singing in the air.
for Nature Notes.
4 comments:
You paint a nice picture and the blue butterfly is exquisite.
Beautiful Living where I do now, I am treated with all kinds of birds and insects. At night, the sky is filled with lightning bugs, which at times makes the hickory tree by the barn look like a Christmas tree.
I am enjoying Robert MacFarlane's "The Old Ways." Have you read it? I think you'd like it because it's all about walking and how we encounter our world.
I love finding butterflies....Michelle
Hi Weaver, thanks! The blue butterflies were a delight...
Jeff - lovely description, thanks! I've not yet read The Old Ways but intend to do so.
Michelle - so do I!
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