We had a lovely visit to Edinburgh's Botanic Gardens yesterday. As this year's Big Butterfly Count finishes today, we decided to carry out a quick count of butterflies in one of the flower borders in the Botanics. We were delighted to see this beautiful Red Admiral
and this lovely Speckled Wood
In another part of the gardens, we came across a wonderful oak tree that had several different types of galls on it. We're used to seeing galls on oak trees, but I've never seen so many different galls on one tree. There were Knopper Galls, caused by the wasp
Andricus quercuscalicis:
Oak Marble Galls, caused by the wasp Andricus kollari
Artichoke galls, caused by the wasp
Andricus foecundatrix
and Spangle Galls (the circular galls on the underside of the leaf in the photo below) caused by the wasp
Neuroterus quercusbaccarum
We also walked through Inverleith Park and met this very handsome feral pigeon by the Pond
3 comments:
Beautiful photos! Take care, enjoy your day and the week ahead.
I rescued a Speckled Wood from my greenhouse, a couple of days ago..very pretty. The most popular butterfly in the garden, just lately, has been the Gatekeeper…followed closely by the Small White.
Hi Eileen, thanks for reading. Hope you have a good week too.
Hi Sal, I rarely see Gatekeepers, I don't think there are many of them in and around Edinburgh. Small Whites are everywhere this year, as are Large Whites.
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