Friday's overnight temp was 4 degrees which helped ensure zero moths in the trap by Saturday morning.
As usual for a Saturday morning a weekly trip to Stonehaven golf course was required and the 1st tee had two chiffchaff and willow warbler singing as if it was Spring, Golf was so bad and the pace so slow that we finished at the 12th & when packing up carts etc the buddleia at the 1st tee were alive with quite a few red admiral and at least 1 small tortoiseshell.
Sunday morning was similar to Saturday & we opted to get out into the fresh air to check a few nearby sites to help clear our heads after yesterday's sad events.
We had a single wheatear at Crawton and there were a few skylark mobile and high over Dunnottar Castle area.Only butterfly was a red admiral at Kinneff Old Church.
Beyond that, spent a bit of time trying to take photographs with the new macro lens - not always easy!
Got back to watch the mighty AFC scramble a 3-3 draw with Motherwell and a few more photos taken in garden of the ever increasing siskin population (in between gardening duties). We also had a single red admiral and a buzzard fly over.
A few photos for your delectation:
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| Common Carder Bee |
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| Hoverfly |
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| Siskin |
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| Young male siskin |
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