We walked north through Dunrobin Woods for about two miles this morning, emerging into fields of wildflowers and grass which haven't been grazed since early winter, before turning back....
....to follow the old coast track back towards Dunrobin Castle. Flying rather haphazardly amongst the grasses we spotted....
....a painted lady. These butterflies are reported not to breed in Britain but spread northwards from North Africa each year. I struggle to believe that this individual has managed to make it this far north....
....in a year when hardly any other butterflies have been on the wing - in the last few days we've seen....
....one speckled wood....
....a couple of common blues and....
....one of the whites.
Back in the woods we found several fungi. They seem so out-of-place amongst the bright greens of summer but a least I was able to identify this one, growing out of a tree stump. It's a dryad's saddle, otherwise known as a pheasant's back as the patterns resemble those of a female pheasant. While we were admiring this specimen, Mrs MW spotted....
....another, much larger one, up a nearby tree, growing out of a dead branch. It's big, as can be seen....
....in this close-up picture, the largest being about 9" across.
We walked north through Dunrobin Woods for about two miles this morning, emerging into fields of wildflowers and grass which haven't been grazed since early winter, before turning back....
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