Orcas on our Sunset Cruise last night. What a fantastic sight. #farneislands #serenity #seahouses VisitBritain 🇬🇧 Visit Northumberland

Thrilled to find a Chequered Skipper on Mull within an hour of landing there along one of our favourite walks for butterfly spotting on the island near Fishnish. Also a Small Heath and a few flighty Common Blue and a single Fritillary species.

Could not resist a visit to the Black Guillemots in Oban.

Waited for the sun to come out this afternoon and went back to the Fishnish Walk. Found Two Small Pearl Bordered Fritillaries in the vicinity of where we saw one flying yesterday. One also later in the day at Duart but no sign of any Marsh Fritillaries at Lochdon in the wind.

Found some lichen on a log and used obsidentify to identify it. What an amazing name - Star Tipped Reindeer lichen. Also came across a very small Common Toad.

Just had this guy walk past at 22.10.

Duart Castle today - Common Butterwort, Bog Asphodol and Lousewort.

All the way from Siberia... Shetland's eighth-ever Eye-browed Thrush at Gutcher, Yell this afternoon.

Had a lovely day on Iona yesterday after the rain stopped and the sun came out but shame about the strong wind. Did manage to hear a few corncrake but most birds were keeping well down. Did manage a Sedge Warbler near the Abbey garden and a few Wheatear.

Not much sun today so search for butterflies was put on hold (until next year probably given the weather now 🙄). Keeled Skimmer, Palmate Newts and a Beautiful Demoiselle .

Ireland's oldest breeding white-tailed eagle feared poisoned raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/06/03/ire… via Raptor Persecution UK

Sad news but she had a good life !!

Summer plumaged Grey Phalarope found by Phil Shetland Seabird Tours • The Noss Boat yesterday morning. I got to see it in late evening light last night around 9pm! So glad I did! Look at those feet! OM SYSTEM Cameras #springbirding #greyphalarope #rarebirds #Shetland

For the first time since 2021, no Tawny Owl chicks were found in 25 nest boxes monitored by Sussex Barn Owl Group.☹️🦉 A worrying sign, possibly tied to prey shortages. This is being investigated with other groups. Full article here; tinyurl.com/44pakkhk

Let’s hear it for Network Rail. Ripping out 25x mature trees on Ryton Willows LNR in Gateshead in the middle of the nesting season We have Tawnies & Buzzards & more raising young in there. They don’t give a *>?k about wildlife do they? Gateshead Council RSPB BBC North East

Song Sparrow Singing

Well this evening’s wildlife watching can’t get any better really.

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