Skye May 2013


3rd
Male Common Blackird (Turdus merula) bathing amongst flowers.



Red deer (Cervus elaphus) legging it back into the forest.



Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) on Loch Snizort Beag.











4th
Male Eurasian Siskin (Carduelis spinus) - image by Simone.



Male Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) - image by Simone.


Chaffinch in dihydrogen oxide.



Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)



Red deer















6th
Juvenile White-Tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) run in with Rook (Corvus frugilegus).































Coastguard helicopter.



7th (near Portree)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)






Am Bile (?)



Garden Tiger (Arctia caja) caterpillar



Peacock butterfly (Inachis io)



16th
Adult White-Tailed Eagle



18th (near Portree)
Ramsons or Wild Garlic (Allium ursinum)



Early thorn (Selenia dentaria) - identified through Steve's website Isle of Skye nature diary and gallery.



19th
Dunlin (Calidris alpina) at Loch Brittle.



Black Cuillin from Glen Brittle.








Dunlin images by Simone.




Pine weevil [Hylobius (Callirus) abietis] at Sligachan.


26th (Peiness)
Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa)



Lazyites



30th
South from the Quiraing.



Needs iSpotting



A small drone flying over the Quiraing (maybe taking location shots for a new SciFi film).



Old Man of Storr.



31st




Common Stonechat (Saxicola torquatus) at Beinn an Sguirr.



UCO



Cuillin from Beinn an Sguirr.



Green Tiger Beetle (Cicindela campestris)



The Ascrib Islands.

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