Too Early For Short Eared Owls :(

[dconnery1966]

Went down to Bogside flats hoping to get the Short Eared Owls that usually come back at this time of the year, but to
no avail anyway here are some shots I got here this afternoon.
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) by DOUGLAS CONNERY, on Flickr
Painted Lady Butterfly (Vanessa cardui) by DOUGLAS CONNERY, on Flickr
Peacock Butterfly (Aglais io) by DOUGLAS CONNERY, on Flickr
Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly(Aglais urticae) by DOUGLAS CONNERY, on Flickr
Common Blue Butterfly(Polyommatus icarus) by DOUGLAS CONNERY, on Flickr
Hoverfly (Syrphidae) by DOUGLAS CONNERY, on Flickr
LETS SHARE!!!!!! Bumble Bee & Hoverfly by DOUGLAS CONNERY, on Flickr
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) by DOUGLAS CONNERY, on Flickr
Male Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola) by DOUGLAS CONNERY, on Flickr
Church Steeple by DOUGLAS CONNERY, on Flickr
Canadian Geese (Branta Canadensis) Follow the Leader by DOUGLAS CONNERY, on Flickr
Canadian Geese (Branta canadensis) by DOUGLAS CONNERY, on Flickr
Sunset Over Isle of Arran by DOUGLAS CONNERY, on Flickr

Dougie

[County1884]

Very nice, thanks for sharing Dougie

[Skyflash]

Loving that stonechat, Dougie!

Head east for shorties, the Dunbar lot have stayed put all through the summer and are still here.

Presumably something to do with the field-vole population as that seems to be their main diet.

[dconnery1966]

Very nice, thanks for sharing Dougie

Thanks mate

Some very nice shots there, never thought of using the Canon 100-400 for close up work...

Thanks Neville yeah forgot my macro lens, but it worked out okay with the zoom lens with a couple of minor adjustments

Loving that stonechat, Dougie!

Head east for shorties, the Dunbar lot have stayed put all through the summer and are still here.

Presumably something to do with the field-vole population as that seems to be their main diet.

Thanks mate, yeah we thought the shorties might have stayed this summer but never happened unfortunately, my mate has
been to musselburgh for the shorties but i dont know if they had stayed during the summer ive no idea?

[AlexC]

We get painted ladies in the garden most years. They are beautiful, and they have an amazing life cycle. And I quite often see stonechat's on the gorse like that near here.

[dconnery1966]

We get painted ladies in the garden most years. They are beautiful, and they have an amazing life cycle. And I quite often see stonechat's on the gorse like that near here.

Totally agree Alex