Marsh Fritillary was one of the target species for today. We found 100+ in this location. Female is on the left.
We also hoped to find the Small Blue. As a bonus we found a single egg on the host-plant: Kidney Vetch.
Kidney Vetch was mostly going over. This specimen was still in good condition. I also found the Kidney Vetch leaf-miner on the right.
The Common Blue was flying everywhere, but rarely settled for a photograph. This is the female (left). On the right is the Small heath.
I took, selected, cropped, resized, annotated and published this image before I noticed the third species in the picture. It looks like the butterfly is attracting the interest of a bug (lower left).
A couple of moth shots. Cinnabar Moth - a Ragwort associate - and 6-spot Burnet moth larva.
I'm not sure if this was a camouflage attempt, but it nearly worked. It's a Pug moth - Angle-barred Pug. The Irish form is Ash Pug - Eupithecia innotata f. fraxinata, but this taxonomy is currently under discussion.
I find this Beetle every time I go to the sea. One plant I noticed it feeding on was Burnet Rose.
And this is the very common Diplolepis spinosissimae gall on Burnet Rose, along with a little spot of fungal rust.
Mountain Everlasting cropped up in a couple of isolated places. Common Milkwort (right) was everywhere either in this purple or a dark blue.
This attractive snail clung onto a small Willow.
An unknown Sedge.
I noticed a little patch of Common Twayblade in the middle of a large boggy area.
The Wild Thyme leaves created a wonderful aroma when crushed.
Pink granite was the predominant rock in this area. I found a few of these lichens growing there.
Bladder Campion was also scattered fairly near the sea.