e spent the last week of May on a family / wildlife / activity holiday in a quiet glen just south of Oban, Argyll. We enjoyed some very good weather during the middle of the week with two cloud free days but with some rain at the start and end of the week - well it is Scotland! We did some cycling and walking on the cooler days, but the highlights were two warm and sunny days midweek, when we visited Glasdrum Wood by Loch Creran, and took a boat trip to the Treshnish Isles, Staffa and Iona.
The reason for the trip to Glasdrum Wood was to look for the chequered skipper butterfly. Extinct in England since the mid 1970s, its range is now restricted to an area around Fort William in Scotland - although it is believed that there are probably several undiscovered colonies in the right habitat.
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| Chequered skipper, Glasdrum Wood, Loch Creran |
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| Northern small pearl bordered fritillary, Glasdrum Wood, Loch Creran |
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| Puffin, Lunga, Treshnish Isles |
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| Puffin, Lunga, Treshnish Isles |
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| Puffin, Lunga, Treshnish Isles |
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| Puffin, Lunga, Treshnish Isles |
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| Razorbill, Lunga, Treshnish Isles |
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| Razorbill, Lunga, Treshnish Isles |
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| Great black-backed gull, Lunga, Treshnish Isles |
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| Shag, Lunga, Treshnish Isles |
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| Shag, Lunga, Treshnish Isles |
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| Shag, Lunga, Treshnish Isles |
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| Fulmar, Lunga, Treshnish Isles |
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| Corncrake, Iona |
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| Corncrake, Iona |
