Donald James MacPhee was on the phone to me at lunchtime today to say that he had seen the Osprey earlier on this morning flying away from Loch Gorm, carrying a fish and being mobbed by a black backed Gull! A quick look at the top of Loch Indaal this afternoon produced 9 Turnstone.
Malcolm had spent Sunday and Monday with some visiting botanists, carrying out a survey of the plants of wetlands along the line of the old river on RSPB Loch Gruinart reserve. Apart from the plants, they saw 3 Hen Harriers in the air at the same time, many frogs and a few toads. Up to 50 Green-veined White butterflies could be seen at one time, many in mating pairs, together with a few Small Whites, also Small Copper, Common Blue, Ringlet and Meadow Brown. 2 Marsh Fritillary caterpillar webs were found. Common, Blue, Blue-tailed and Large Red Damselflies were frequent and there were several sightings of Common Hawker Dragonfly and one of Common Darter.
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