Green Hairstreak Butterfly

Green Hairstreak. Walking from Braeval car park. Lovely sunny day. Dozens and Dozens of orange tips and Green Veined Whites, but I had my eye out for these wee guys. Eventually saw 3 and this one cooperated for a few seconds.

A grid of pictures. 3x3. From top left: lesser celandine; blackthorn; the allander water, a small river; wood anemone; am map of there the photo was taken; a path with flowering blackthorn on each side; a goosander; green veined white butterflies; peacock butterfly.

Milngavie to home via the Kelvin. Blue sky, sunshine & a cool breeze. Lesser celandine, wood anemones & lots of few-flowered leek. The blackthorn well out, some willow catkins.
A few peacock butterflies & a green veined white. A glimpse of a kingfisher on the Allander water. Bit of bird song, chiffchaffs, blue & great tits, goldfinches & more. A couple of peewit in the distance.

Shorebirds, including sanderlings, turnstones, and a redshank, forage among seaweed on a shoreline.

Along Troon shore, stared rainy and cold, got a little warmer and changed to dull. Lots of dog walkers. But I saw quite a few birds. Greenfinch, stonechats & linnets on the dune side. Turnstone, sanderling and redshank at the edge of the sea. Took blurry photos of them all. Good enough for id & iNaturalist. Also a small dead porpoise washed up on the sand.