A POST CARD FROM SCOTLAND

A weeks holiday in Scotland took in a visit to Glasgow on saturday night,Fort William,Oban,Glencoe,Perth,Dunkeld,Edinburgh and North Berwick.Here are a few pictorial memories for you to share-

 Saturday evening on Sauchiehall Street was fairly quiet ,I think it has been sanitized.

 Mackintosh original stained glass in the TOLBOOTH PUB,a more interesting and authentic place.

 BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER CLYDE

LESSER BLACK BACKED GULLS are the street cleaners of Glasgow,Perth and Edinburgh.
After a hearty breakfast in our Premier Inn we headed north for Fort William calling at Glasdrum Wood en route to try and see the chequered skipper the uks rarest butterfly.
Reversing into a parking space and opening the door a small butterfly flitted from one flower to another,could I be that lucky?indeed I could, there before my very eyes a Chequered skipper was happily feeding -brilliant.
We moved into the wood and following the advice of Mr Barkham followed the power lines and found several more skippers and small pearl bordered fritillaries.Fortunately we took this opportunity as the next three days were dull and damp.

 CHEQUERED SKIPPERS

 SMALL PEARL BORDERS AND SKIPPER ON THISTLE HEAD

 CHEQUERED SKIPPER

 SMALL PEARL BORDERED FRITILLARY

 WHITE SPOTTED SABLE MOTH another scarce species seen at GLASDRUM WOOD.

THE LETTERFINLAY HOTEL Our base near Fort William -very comfortable,excellent food.

" THE JACOBITE" AT FORT WILLIAM

 ISLE OF MULL arriving at Oban.

 BLACK GUILLEMOTS IN OBAN HARBOUR

 A DARK BROODING GLENCOE.

BEN NEVIS -Its up there somewhere.

 COMMON SANDPIPER ON THE HOTEL BEACH AT LOCH LOCHY.

 OSPREY AT LOCH OF THE LOWES -DUNKELD

 THE EIGHTH WONDER OF THE WORLD-FORTH RAIL BRIDGE...

 GANNET PLUNGE DIVING AT THE SCOTTISH SEA BIRD CENTRE NORTH BERWICK

GANNETS PASSING FROM BASS ROCK.

 THE BASS ROCK-Covered in Gannets.

FEMALE EIDER

 PUFFIN

FEMALE EIDER.