Last weeks mini wildlife adventure at Kilnaughton was a great
afternoon. Lots of shells, big and small were found on the beach, and a whole
range of strandline treasures, hard, soft, lived in, those which made a sound
and those which smelled of the sea.
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| The smallest shell on the day |
We followed this up hunting colours for our colour pallet
and with some minibeast hunting up in the dunes, where we found soldier beetles
and four different types of butterfly along with colourful moths too.
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| Small Tortoiseshell |
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| Six-spot Burnett Moth |
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| Serica brunnea beetle |
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| Butterflies in our pavilion for easy observation |
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| Early Wax Cap fungus |
This Thursdays mini wild adventure (28th July) comes with double
helpings, we are off to Jura in the morning to join the Jura Kids club at 10am
to look at flowers and the insects and butterflies that visit them. Then in the afternoon we will go in search of
more flutterby's and introduce the children to the wonderful spread of flowers
and orchids at Killinallan dunes.
We will aim, weather permitting to undertake a butterfly count for 'The Big Butterfly Count' for Butterfly conservation too.
The activity is free to all
Fiona MacG
Last weeks mini wildlife adventure at Kilnaughton was a great
afternoon. Lots of shells, big and small were found on the beach, and a whole
range of strandline treasures, hard, soft, lived in, those which made a sound
and those which smelled of the sea.
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