Orthoptera
Surveys
![Orthoptera Surveys, Ayrshire © Fraser Simpson](Images/ayrshireorthopterasurveys120821.jpg)
![Common Green Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus) © Fraser Simpson](Images/commongreengrasshopper20210814140724.jpg)
Common Green
Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus), Knockentiber,
Ayrshire, Scotland, 4-Aug 2021
Common
Green
Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus
S=stridulating
(singing) noted
6+,
Gatehead Road-Laigh Milton Mill road junction, NS 391381,
6-Aug.
2,
A71 underpass/Laigh Milton Mill, NS 385374, 6-Aug.
S,
Crosshouse-Laigh Milton Mill, NS 383369, 9-Aug.
S,
Knockentiber-Springside disused railway line, NS 386398,
NS 370391, 11-Aug.
S,
Milgarholm Park, Irvine, NS 330382, 11-Aug.
S, Irvine beach park dunes, NS 305377-NS 315366,
11-Aug.
S,
River Irvine, Holmsford Bridge-Shewalton, NS 354373-NS342371,
12-Aug.
S,
Long Drive, Irvine, NS 339377, 12-Aug.
S,
Shewalton sand pit, Meadowhead Road, NS 335359, 12-Aug.
S,
Gailes-Irvine beach park, NS 315365, 12-Aug.
S,
Shewlaton Wood SWT, NS 340351, NS 338346, NS 342345,
NS 348354, NS 351359, 12-Aug.
S,
Irvine Road, Kilmarnock, NS 408382, 13-Aug.
S,
Knockentiber-Springside disused railway line, NS 395398,
14-Aug.
S,
South Woodhill, NS 403395, 14-Aug.
S,
Altonhill, NS 417395, 14-Aug.
S,
Grassmillside, NS 420407, 14-Aug.
S,
Jocksthorn, NS 421409, 14-Aug.
S,
Shaw Bridge, NS 422418, 14-Aug.
S,
Kilmaurs, NS 407406, 14-Aug.
S,
Knockentiber, NS 395388, 14-Aug.
S,
West Moorfield Cottage, NS 395373, 14-Aug.
S,
Crosshouse-Gatehead, NS 3936, 15-Aug.
S,
West Gatehead Cottage, NS 389368, 15-Aug.
S,
Craig School, NS 380373, 15-Aug.
S,
Hallbarns Farm, NS 379376, 15-Aug.
S,
Thorntoun, NS 376384, 15-Aug.
S,
Springside, NS 371382, NS 368384, 15-Aug.
S,
Warwickdale, NS 368397, 15-Aug.
S,
Meadow Wood, Warwickdale, NS 368403, 15-Aug.
S,
Cunninghamhead, NS 372416, 15-Aug.
S,
Paddocklaw, NS 379405, 15-Aug.
S,
Bonnyton-Knockentiber disused railway line, NS 417388,
16-Aug.
S,
Bonnyton-Railway Station cyclepath, NS 422386, 16-Aug.
S,
Townholm, Kilmarnock, NS 433387, 16-Aug.
S,
Kilmarnock Cemetery, NS 440385, 16-Aug.
S,
New Farm Loch-Crookedholm, A77 footbridge, NS 446379,
16-Aug.
S,
Crookedholm-Templetonburn, NS 450379, 16-Aug.
S,
Templetonburn, NS 454380, 16-Aug.
S,
Caprickhill, NS 462382, 16-Aug.
S,
Milton Mill, River Irvine, NS 467377, 16-Aug.
S,
Milton-old dump, NS 478375, 16-Aug.
S,
Burnbank Wood, NS 483373, 16-Aug.
S,
Loudoun Kirk-footpath to Galston, NS 493374, 16-Aug.
S,
Dean Castle Country Park quarry pond, NS 438396, 17-Aug.
S,
Annanhill GC, NS 409381, 18-Aug.
S,
Moorfield, NS 404374, 18-Aug.
S,
old abbatoir road, Kilmarnock, NS 407366, NS 413364,
18-Aug.
S,
Old Rome, Gatehead, NS 394359, 18-Aug.
S,
Caprington Castle back road, NS 402360, 18-Aug.
S,
Arrothill Farm, NS 399360, 18-Aug.
S,
Earlston - N side, NS 405356, 18-Aug.
S,
Earlston - S side, NS 410347, 18-Aug.
S,
Ditton, NS 409345, 18-Aug.
S,
Fortacres, NS 396344, 18-Aug.
S,
Peatland, NS 390351, 18-Aug.
S,
Rowanhill, NS 388344, 18-Aug.
S,
Dankeith, NS 386337, 18-Aug.
S,
Muirmill, NS 391337, 18-Aug.
S,
Peatland/A759, NS 389356, 18-Aug.
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Mottled
Grasshopper Myrmeleotettix maculatus
50+, Irvine beach park dunes, NS 305377 - NS 315366,
11-Aug.
S,
Gailes-Irvine beach park, NS 315365, 12-Aug.
Checked
the former post-industrial acid heath at Moorfield,
Kilmarnock but none remain here (nor Grayling Hipparchia
semele)
since East Ayrshire Council/Land Improvement Holdings destroyed
this rare inland site in the early 2000's.
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Field
Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
70+, Irvine beach park dunes, NS 305377 - NS 315366,
11-Aug.
20+,
Shewalton sand pit, Meadowhead Road, NS 335359, 12-Aug.
S,
Gailes-Irvine beach park, NS 317365, 12-Aug.
2,
Hill Street (brownfield site), Kilmarnock, NS 427386,
16-Aug.
S,
Townholm, Kilmarnock, NS 433387, 16-Aug.
S,
Dean Castle Country Park quarry pond, NS 438396, 17-Aug.
S,
Moorfield, NS 404374, 18-Aug.
S,
old abbatoir road, Kilmarnock, NS 407366, 18-Aug.
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Garden
Moth Trapping
![Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, Crosshouse, Ayrshire © Fraser Simpson](Images/lesserbroadborderedyellowunderwing080821a.jpg)
The
compact 20W Actinic Heath moth trap was placed under
a Scycamore, with the addition of a garden bench parasol
on wet nights. Run most nights. Switched off at 03:00
on 9-Aug due to heavy rain.
Brown
House Moth Hofmannophila
pseudospretella 28.010
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 6-Aug (v. wet overnight, 14-15°C).
![Brown House-moth (Hofmannophila pseudospretella) © Fraser Simpson](Images/brownhousemoth060821.jpg)
Brown
House-moth (Hofmannophila
pseudospretella), Crosshouse,
Ayrshire, Scotland, 6-Aug 2021
Pale
Straw Pearl Udea
lutealis 63.033
Abundant
along hedgerows by day in most areas of central
Ayrshire, 6-18 August.
33+,
Crosshouse-Laigh Milton Mill, 6-Aug.
3,
moth trap, Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 8-Aug.
50+,
Knockentiber-Kilmarnock disused railway line, 9-Aug.
30+
Crosshouse-Laigh Milton Mill, 9-Aug.
100+,
Knockentiber-Springside disused railway line, 10-Aug.
3,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 15-Aug.
2,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 16-Aug.
![Pale Straw Pearl (Udea lutealis) © Fraser Simpson](Images/palestrawpearl080821.jpg)
Pale
Straw Pearl (Udea lutealis), Crosshouse,
Ayrshire, Scotland, 8
August 2021
Mother
of Pearl Pleuroptya
ruralis 63.038
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 10-Aug.
Ermine
sp. Yponomeuta
sp.
1,
probably Orchard Ermine (Yponomeuta
padella),
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 7-Aug.
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 8-Aug.
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 10-Aug.
![Yponomeuta sp. © Fraser Simpson](Images/yponomeuta070821.jpg)
Ermine
sp. (Yponomeuta
sp.), Crosshouse,
Ayrshire, Scotland, 7
August 2021
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Common
Grass-veneer Agriphila
tristella
63.089
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 7-Aug.
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 10-Aug.
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 12-Aug.
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 19-Aug.
![Common Grass-veneer (Agriphila tristella) © Fraser Simpson](Images/commongrassveneer080821.jpg)
Common
Grass-veneer (Agriphila tristella), Crosshouse,
Ayrshire, Scotland, 8
August 2021
Garden
Carpet Epirrhoe
fluctuata
70.049
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 15-Aug.
![Garden Carpet (Epirrhoe fluctuata) © Fraser Simpson](Images/gardencarpet150821.jpg)
Garden
Carpet (Epirrhoe
alternata), Crosshouse,
Ayrshire, Scotland, 15
August 2021
July
Highflyer Hydriomena
furcata 70.074
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 15-Aug.
![July Highflyer (Hydriomena furcata) © Fraser Simpson](Images/julyhighflyer150821.jpg)
July
Highflyer (Hydriomena
furcata), Crosshouse,
Ayrshire, Scotland, 15
August 2021
Scalloped
Oak Crocallis
elinguaria 70.241
1,Crosshouse,
Ayrshire, 8-Aug.
![Scalloped Oak (Crocallis elinguaria) © Fraser Simpson](Images/scallopedoak080821.jpg)
Scalloped
Oak (Crocallis
elinguaria), Crosshouse,
Ayrshire, Scotland, 8
August 2021
Snout Hypena
proboscidalis 72.003
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 8-Aug.
Mouse
Moth Amphipyra
tragopoginis 73.064
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 8-Aug.
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 15-Aug.
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 16-Aug.
![Mouse Moth (Amphipyra tragopoginis) © Fraser Simpson](Images/mousemoth080821.jpg)
Mouse
Moth (Amphipyra
tragopoginis), Crosshouse,
Ayrshire, Scotland, 8 August 2021
Straw
Underwing Thalpophila matura 73.109
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 7-Aug.
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 8-Aug.
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 10-Aug.
4,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 11-Aug.
4,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 12-Aug.
2,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 15-Aug.
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 18-Aug.
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 19-Aug.
Flounced
Rustic Luperina
testacea 73.131
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 7-Aug.
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 15-Aug.
![Flounced Rustic (Luperina testacea) © Fraser Simpson](Images/flouncedrustic110821.jpg)
Flounced
Rustic (Luperina
testacea), Crosshouse,
Ayrshire, Scotland, 11
August 2021
Rosy
Rustic Hydraecia
micacea 73.123
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 10-Aug.
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 16-Aug.
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 19-Aug.
![Rosy Rustic (Hydraecia micacea) © Fraser Simpson](Images/rosyrustic100821.jpg)
Rosy
Rustic (Hydraecia
micacea), Crosshouse,
Ayrshire, Scotland, 10
August 2021
Dark
Arches Apamea monoglypha
73.162
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 7-Aug.
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 8-Aug.
2,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 10-Aug.
![Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha) © Fraser Simpson](Images/darkarches080821.jpg)
Dark
Arches (Apamea monoglypha), Crosshouse,
Ayrshire, Scotland, 8
August 2021
Cloaked
Minor Mesoligia
furuncula
73.172
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 6-Aug (v. wet overnight, 14-15°C).
![Cloaked Minor (Mesoligia furuncula) © Fraser Simpson](Images/cloakedminor060821.jpg)
Cloaked
Minor (Mesoligia
furuncula), Crosshouse, Ayrshire, Scotland, 6-Aug 2021
Garden
Dart Euxoa
nigricans
73.314
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 10-Aug.
![Garden Dart (Euxoa nigricans) © Fraser Simpson](Images/gardendart100821.jpg)
Garden
Dart (Euxoa
nigricans), Crosshouse,
Ayrshire, Scotland, 10
August 2021
Small
Square-spot Diarsia
rubi
73.334
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 12-Aug.
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 18-Aug.
![Small Square-spot (Diarsia rubi) © Fraser Simpson](Images/smallsquarespot180821.jpg)
Small
Square-spot (Diarsia
rubi), Crosshouse,
Ayrshire, Scotland, 18
August 2021
Large
Yellow Underwing Noctua
pronuba 73.342
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 6-Aug (v. wet overnight, 14-15°C).
8,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 7-Aug.
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 8-Aug.
6,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 10-Aug.
5,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 11-Aug.
5,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 12-Aug.
6,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 15-Aug.
3,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 16-Aug.
5,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 18-Aug.
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 19-Aug.
![Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) © Fraser Simpson](Images/largeyellowunderwing150821.jpg)
Large
Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba), Crosshouse,
Ayrshire, Scotland, 15
August 2021
Lesser
Yellow Underwing Noctua
comes 73.345
2,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 6-Aug (v. wet overnight, 14-15°C).
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 8-Aug.
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 10-Aug.
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 12-Aug.
3,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 16-Aug.
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 18-Aug.
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 19-Aug.
Lesser
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua
janthe 73.348
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 8-Aug.
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 16-Aug.
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 18-Aug.
![Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Noctua janthe) © Fraser Simpson](Images/lesserbroadborderedyellowunderwing080821b.jpg)
Lesser
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Noctua janthe), Crosshouse,
Ayrshire, Scotland, 8
August 2021
Dotted
Clay Xestia
baja 73.353
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 10-Aug.
2,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 15-Aug.
![Dotted Clay (Xestia baja) © Fraser Simpson](Images/dottedclay150821.jpg)
Dotted
Clay (Xestia
baja), Crosshouse,
Ayrshire, Scotland, 15
August 2021
Square-spot
Rustic Xestia
xanthographa 73.357
1,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 12-Aug.
2,
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, 15-Aug.
![Square-spot Rustic (Xestia xanthographa) © Fraser Simpson](Images/squarespotrustic120821.jpg)
Square-spot
Rustic (Xestia
xanthographa), Crosshouse,
Ayrshire, Scotland, 12
August 2021
Other
species
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Small
Copper Lycaena phlaeas
2, Irvine
beach park dunes, 10-Aug.
Dark
Green Fritillary Argynnis aglaja
1, Irvine
beach park dunes, 10-Aug.
Grayling Hipparchia
semele
20+, Irvine
beach park dunes, 10-Aug.
Small
Heath Coenonymps pamphilus
15+, Irvine
beach park dunes, 10-Aug.
Common
Darter Sympetrum striolatum
2, Milgarholm
Park, Irvine, 10-Aug.
Green
Leafhopper Cicadella viridis
Abundant
throughout central Ayrshire in damp grassland and marshes.
![Green Leafhopper (Cicadella viridis) © Fraser Simpson](Images/cicadellaviridis150821a.jpg) ![Green Leafhopper (Cicadella viridis) © Fraser Simpson](Images/cicadellaviridis150821b.jpg)
Green
Leafhopper (Cicadella viridis), Crosshouse,
Ayrshire, Scotland, 15
August 2021
Leopard
Slug Limax maximus
10+, Crosshouse garden, 6-Aug (while putting out moth trap at 23:00
after rain).
Greylag
Goose Anser anser
3, over
Knockentiber-Springside disused railway line, 14-Aug.
Canada
Goose Branta canadensis
c30, over
Knockentiber-Springside disused railway line, 14-Aug.
Grey
Heron Ardea cinerea
1, Carmel
Water, Knockentiber Viaduct, 14-Aug
Eurasian
Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
1, flew
over calling at 23:35, Crosshouse, 9-Aug.
European
Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
1, flew
over calling at 06:35, Crosshouse, 10-Aug.
Common
Buzzard Buteo buteo
1, Laigh
Milton Mill. 6-Aug.
1, Knockentiber
Viaduct, 14-Aug.
Eurasian
Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
2, vocal juvs, Dean Castle Country Park, 7-Aug.
f, mobbed by 8 Barn Swallows, Knockentiber-Springside disused
railway line, 14-Aug.
Common
Swift Apus apus
6, screaming, Crosshouse, 6-Aug.
6, screaming, Crosshouse, 7-Aug.
15, screaming, Crosshouse, 8-Aug.
8, screaming, Crosshouse, 12-Aug.
1, West Plann, 14-Aug.
5, screaming, Crosshouse, 15-Aug.
3, screaming, Crosshouse, 19-Aug.
Sand
Martin Riparia riparia
6, River Irvine, Laigh Milton Mill, 9-Aug.
Barn
Swallow Hirundo rustica
20+ (inc
fledglings fed by adults), Assloss Road, Dean Castle Country Park, 16-Aug.
Dunnock Prunella
modularis
ad feeding juv, Crosshouse garden, 15-Aug.
Common
Blackbird Turdus merula
f + b/5,
Knockentiber-Springside disused railway line, 14-Aug.
Willow
Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
A few singing occasionally, Knockentiber-Springside disused railway
line, 10-Aug.
1, calling, Crosshouse garden, 12-Aug.
Common
Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
3, Crosshouse, 6-Aug.
Eurasian
Nuthatch Phylloscopus collybita
2+, calling, Dean Castle Country Park quarry pond, 7-Aug.
Common
Starling Sturnus vulgaris
40+, Crosshouse garden lawn, 7-Aug.
ad m, mimicking Yellowhammer, Curlew, Greylag Goose, Swift &
Buzzard, Crosshouse garden, 19-Aug.
House
Sparrow Passer domesticus
60+, Irvine beach park dunes. 10-Aug.
Eurasian
Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
22, in barley, Southhook Bridge, Knockentiber-Springside disused
railway line, 14-Aug.
Yellowhammer Emberiza
citrinella
1 singing
m, east of Craig Cottages, Crosshouse, 6-Aug.
1 singing m, Fardale Hill, Kilmarnock, 9-Aug.
A few singing occasionally, Knockentiber-Springside disused railway
line, 10-Aug.
1 singing m, West Plann, 14-Aug.
Viviparous
Lizard Zootoca vivipara
1, bright
green individual, Irvine beach park dunes, 10-Aug.
European
Common Frog Rana temporaria
Noted, River
Irvine, Holmsford Bridge-Shewalton, 12-Aug.
Noted, Burnbank
Wood/Ladyton Loch, 16-Aug.
Common
Toad Bufo bufo
Noted, River
Irvine, Holmsford Bridge-Shewalton, 12-Aug.
Noted, River
Irvine, Laigh Milton Mill, 16-Aug.
![New underpass on the cyclepath KSDR© Fraser Simpson](Images/ayrshire20210809ksdrunderpass.jpg)
New
underpass on the cyclepath at Knockentiber along the
disused railway line between Kilmarnock & Irvine,
Ayrshire, Scotland, Aug 2021
![Cycling Kilmarnock to Irvine © Fraser Simpson](Images/ayrshire20210809cycle.jpg)
Cycling
Kilmarnock to Irvine,
Ayrshire, Scotland, Aug 2021
![Cycling along the River Irvine © Fraser Simpson](Images/ayrshire20210810riverirvine.jpg)
Cycling
along the River Irvine,
Ayrshire, Scotland, Aug 2021
![Cycling Irvine harbour © Fraser Simpson](Images/ayrshire20210810irvineharbour.jpg)
Confluence
of Garnock Water & River Irvine, looking towards
Bogside Flats - one of Ayrshire premier birding sites, Scotland, Aug 2021
![Irvine harbour mouth © Fraser Simpson](Images/ayrshire20210810irvineharbourmouth.jpg)
Irvine
harbour mouth,
Ayrshire, Scotland, Aug 2021
![Irvine dunes © Fraser Simpson](Images/ayrshire20210810irvinedunes.jpg)
Irvine
dunes,
Ayrshire, Scotland, Aug 2021
![Irvine beach park © Fraser Simpson](Images/ayrshire20210810irvinebeachpark.jpg)
Irvine
beach park, Ayrshire, Scotland, Aug 2021
![Irvine Bay © Fraser Simpson](Images/ayrshire20210810irvinebaydunes.jpg)
Irvine
Bay,
Ayrshire, Scotland, Aug 2021
![Mottled Grasshopper (Myrmeleotettix maculatus) habitat, Irvine dunes © Fraser Simpson](Images/ayrshire20210812irvinemottledgrasshopperhabitat.jpg)
Mottled
Grasshopper (Myrmeleotettix maculatus) habitat,
Irvine dunes,
Ayrshire, Scotland, Aug 2021
![Green Leafhopper (Cicadella viridis) © Fraser Simpson](Images/ayrshire20210813insectarium.jpg)
Mottled
Grasshopper (Myrmeleotettix maculatus) temporary
vivarium for sound recording, Aug 2021
![Common Green Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus) habitat, Knockentiber-Springside disused railway line © Fraser Simpson](Images/ayrshire20210814commongreengrasshopperhabitat.jpg)
Common
Green Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus) habitat,
Knockentiber-Springside disused railway line,
Ayrshire, Scotland, Aug 2021
![Common Green Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus, Knockentiber © Fraser Simpson](Images/ayrshire20210814commongreengrasshopper.jpg)
Common
Green Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus), Knockentiber-Springside
disused railway line,
Ayrshire, Scotland, Aug 2021
![Biological surveys by bike © Fraser Simpson](Images/ayrshire20210818surveysbybike.jpg)
Biological
surveys by bike, Ayrshire, Scotland, Aug 2021
![Cycling along the disused railway line between Kilmarnock & Knockentiber © Fraser Simpson](Images/ayrshire20210818ksdr_cycling.jpg)
Cycling
along the course of the disused railway line between
Kilmarnock and Knockentiber,
Ayrshire, Scotland, Aug 2021
![Knockentiber-Springside disused railway line (Green Corridors) © Fraser Simpson](Images/ayrshire20210812ksdr.jpg)
Knockentiber-Springside
disused railway line,
Ayrshire, Scotland, Aug 2021
![Shewalton sandpit © Fraser Simpson](Images/ayrshire20210810shewaltonsandpit.jpg)
Shewalton
sandpit,
Ayrshire, Scotland, Aug 2021
![Shewalton Wood SWT © Fraser Simpson](Images/ayrshire20210812shewaltonwood.jpg)
Shewalton
Wood SWT,
Ayrshire, Scotland, Aug 2021
![Kilmaurs to Kilmarnock railway line © Fraser Simpson](Images/ayrshire20210814kilmaurskilmarnockline.jpg)
Kilmaurs
to Kilmarnock railway line looking south from South
Woodhill,
Ayrshire, Scotland, Aug 2021
![Ladyton Loch, Galston © Fraser Simpson](Images/ayrshire20210816ladytonloch.jpg)
Ladyton
Loch, Glaston,
Ayrshire, Scotland, Aug 2021
![Restored pond, Dean Castle Country Park © Fraser Simpson](Images/ayrshire20210817deancastlecountrypark.jpg)
restored
pond, Dean Castle Country Park,
Ayrshire, Scotland, Aug 2021
![Common Beech (Fagus sylvatica), Dean Castle Country Park © Fraser Simpson](Images/ayrshire20210817beech.jpg)
Common
Beech (Fagus sylvatica), Dean Castle Country
Park,
Ayrshire, Scotland, Aug 2021
![wheat field, Crosshouse, Ayrshire © Fraser Simpson](Images/ayrshire20210814crosshousewheat.jpg)
wheat
field, Crosshouse,
Ayrshire, Scotland, Aug 2021
![The fssbirding big breakfast © Fraser Simpson](Images/ayrshire20210808fssbirdingbreakfast.jpg)
The
fssbirding big breakfast inc haggis, Lorne sausage and
fruit pudding,
Ayrshire, Scotland, Aug 2021
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