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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.

 

COMA BUTTERFLY

Coma Butterfly Sorn 2012. (21st August). This is the first sighting by Kenny of this particular butterfly. Typically, it was sitting perfect on the flowers and stayed till a camera was grabbed, but closed up shortly afterwards and never reopened until it took off. It wasn't in a particularly ideal position for a photo unfortunately, after getting the camera!! The image on the left was shot from a short distance away.

 

SMALL HEATH BUTTERFLY

Small Heath butterfly on the back roads between Mauchline and Sorn in July 2011. Despite a good chase, it never opened properly for a decent photo. This was a phone photo.

 


PAINTED LADY BUTTERFLY

The painted ladies were busy with their work
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.

 

RED ADMIRAL BUTTERFLY

Red Admirals, Sorn - August 2010, the closed Red Admiral on the right.

 

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

 

TORTOISE SHELL BUTTERFLY

Tortoise Shell in Sorn, August 2012. These seems to be an abundance of these butterflies this year, despite the generally wet weather conditions. On the right there are four seen on the one plant.

 

Tortoise Shell near Mauchline, August 2012. There seemed to be something a little unusual looking with this one, but this bad quality phone photo was the best that could be achieved at the time. Maybe it was newly out it's chrysalis??

Right: Tortoise Shell caterpillars perhaps?? On nettle patch, Sorn, Summer 2012.

 

Tortoise Shell near Walkmill, Catrine, 2006, left. A few seen around Sorn in 2009.
Right: Photographed in a garden in The Loan, Mauchline, August 2009

 

PEACOCK BUTTERFLY

Peacock butterflies, Sorn 2009, and below taken at Sorn in 2010.

 

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.

 

MOTHS

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. UPDATE: Centre - Herald, and right Popular Hawkmoth.