A drive over to Muir of Dinnet NNR mid-morning for a couple of hours before the cloud rolled in and the breeze got up!
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| Scotch Argus looking quite worn. |
There were plenty of Scotch Argus on the wing today, although most looking a bit worn now. So too the odd Speckled Wood I came across. Very little else to report except for Large White and two Green-veined White.
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| Female (above) and male Black Darters along the boardwalk. |
It was very breezy around the boardwalk and the only Dragonflies encountered were Black Darters. A few Emerald Damselflies were also noted but being so delicate and such weak flyers, you had to feel for them getting blown from pillar to post in the stiff breeze.
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| This could quite well be my last Sedge Warbler encounter of the year! |
The birding was particularly slow today, with just a couple of Chiffchaff, Jay, Great Spotted Woodpecker and the usual Coal Tits. However, a close encounter with a Sedge Warbler was the highlight from a birding perspective.
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| Tawny Grisette |
With the onset of Autumn, a few fungi are now beginning to appear and one specimen in particular took the eye today. Amanita fulva, commonly called the Tawny Grisette or the orange-brown ringless amanita.
