| WILDLIFE AND NATURE IN AYRSHIRE: In this page, we shall include some photos taken of the wildlife around Ayrshire. The writer is no expert on wildlife photography because of auto focus camera limitations, but occasionally the odd reasonable shot is taken. |
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Painted
Ladies seen on Ailsa Craig August 2009. One was spotted and chased near
Sorn also in August 2009, but it wouldn't settle to be photographed. |
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Red Admirals. There were three or four together on the large yellow flowers, right on the banks of the River Ayr in Sorn - August 2009 |
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Tortoise
Shell near Walkmill, Catrine, 2006, left. A few seen around Sorn in
2009. |
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Peacock butterflies, left 2005 at Sorn, and centre and right taken at Sorn in 2004. Unfortunately both close up shots look like older butterflies, and not young newly developed ones. The centre photo shows two on the wall at the Manse in Sorn. Also spotted a number in 2009, in and around Sorn. |
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Left: Swallowtailed moth which flew in to the house in Sorn, July 2007. The other two are a pair of unknown moths, both taken in Sorn in 2008. centre April 2008, right May 2008. |