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On The Wing

Dark green fritillary June and July are great months for butterfly watching and dragonfly stalking, and this year is no exception even after a slow start with the cool spring.  The West Highlands is home to the chequered skipper butterfly and a great place to see fritillaries and localised dragonflies such as the white faced darter, northern emeralnd and azure hawker.  Over the past couple of weeks we have been on the prowl...  looking out for our local heros.  Many of our guests share our passion for nature and it has been a pleasure to share sightings and photo opportunities with fellow enthusiasts.

 

We are fortunate to have several good stalking sites nearby and we make an effort to visit them regularly to see what is new and what is on the wing.  Over the past few days we have spotted small heath butterfly, meadow brown, red admiral and dark green fritillary adding to our list for the year.  We had a good sighting of northern emerald and golden-ringed dragonfly on the wing today as well as a late sighting of the chequered skipper.  We are still on the lookout for the azure hawker following on from reports by one of our guests last week.  We hope to report back soon.

In the meantime we hope you enjoy some of our recent local sightings...

  • View the full imageDark green fritillary

    Dark green fritillary

    Dark green fritillary

  • View the full imageClouded border moth - 23 June 2015

    Clouded border moth - 23 June 2015

    Clouded border moth - 23 June 2015

  • View the full imageChequered skipper - 23 June 2015

    Chequered skipper - 23 June 2015

    Chequered skipper - 23 June 2015

  • View the full imageSmall pearl borderd fritillary - 06 July 2015

    Small pearl borderd fritillary - 06 July 2015

    Small pearl borderd fritillary - 06 July 2015

  • View the full imageFour-spotted chaser - 23 June 2015

    Four-spotted chaser - 23 June 2015

    Four-spotted chaser - 23 June 2015

  • View the full imageMale northern emerald dragonfly - 23 June 2015

    Male northern emerald dragonfly - 23 June 2015

    Male northern emerald dragonfly - 23 June 2015

  • View the full imageMale northern emerald dragonfly - 23 June 2015

    Male northern emerald dragonfly - 23 June 2015

    Male northern emerald dragonfly - 23 June 2015

  • View the full imageFemale northern emerald dragonfly - 23 June 2015

    Female northern emerald dragonfly - 23 June 2015

    Female northern emerald dragonfly - 23 June 2015

  • View the full imageSix-spot burnet moth - 01 July 2015

    Six-spot burnet moth - 01 July 2015

    Six-spot burnet moth - 01 July 2015

  • View the full imageSmall heath butterfly - 01 July 2015

    Small heath butterfly - 01 July 2015

    Small heath butterfly - 01 July 2015

  • View the full imageGolden ringed dragonfly - 06 July 2015

    Golden ringed dragonfly - 06 July 2015

    Golden ringed dragonfly - 06 July 2015

  • View the full imageLarge red damselfly - 06 July 2015

    Large red damselfly - 06 July 2015

    Large red damselfly - 06 July 2015

  • View the full imageMeadow brown butterfly - 06 July 2015

    Meadow brown butterfly - 06 July 2015

    Meadow brown butterfly - 06 July 2015

  • View the full imageDark green fritillary - 06 July 2015

    Dark green fritillary - 06 July 2015

    Dark green fritillary - 06 July 2015

  • View the full imageDrinker moth - 02 July 2015

    Drinker moth - 02 July 2015

    Drinker moth - 02 July 2015

  • View the full imageLight knot grass - 02 July 2015

    Light knot grass - 02 July 2015

    Light knot grass - 02 July 2015

  • Dark green fritillary
  • Clouded border moth - 23 June 2015
  • Chequered skipper - 23 June 2015
  • Small pearl borderd fritillary - 06 July 2015
  • Four-spotted chaser - 23 June 2015
  • Male northern emerald dragonfly - 23 June 2015
  • Male northern emerald dragonfly - 23 June 2015
  • Female northern emerald dragonfly - 23 June 2015
  • Six-spot burnet moth - 01 July 2015
  • Small heath butterfly - 01 July 2015
  • Golden ringed dragonfly - 06 July 2015
  • Large red damselfly - 06 July 2015
  • Meadow brown butterfly - 06 July 2015
  • Dark green fritillary - 06 July 2015
  • Drinker moth - 02 July 2015
  • Light knot grass - 02 July 2015
Mon, 06/07/2015 - 20:50

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