Finally caught up with a Painted Lady that was in pretty decent looking condition - and seems to have a wee bit heavier black markings than usual handheld focus stack of 41 shots using natural light #butterfly #painted #lady #ukwildlife #insect #nature #photography #wildlife #macro
The Small Coppers are still around and seem to be enjoying the Scentless Mayweed that's growing in a wild bit of the garden #butterfly #copper #ukwildlife #insect #nature #photography #wildlife #macro
Migrant Hoverfly (Eupeodes corollae) ♂ handheld focus stack of 17 shots captured using natural light #hoverfly #ukwildlife #diptera #syrphidae #eupeodes #insect #photography #macro #nature #scotland
Nice to see loads of hoverflies appearing in the garden over the past week or so, this one's the Eurasian Smoothwing (Scaeva pyrastri) #hoverfly #ukwildlife #diptera #syrphidae #scaeva #insect #photography #macro #nature #scotland
🦋 Peacock (Aglais io) Nice natural lighting around for photographing these beasts yesterday handheld focus stack of 22 shots using natural light #butterfly #peacock #ukwildlife #insect #nature #photography #wildlife #macro
Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas) seems a good year for them locally, or I'm just getting better at looking handheld focus stack of 23 shots using natural light #butterfly #copper #ukwildlife #insect #nature #photography #wildlife #macro
There are heaps of Peacock butterflies around the buddleja in the garden and there are plenty that are looking really fresh at the minute. focus stack of 10 images using Zerene Stacker #butterfly #peacock #ukwildlife #insect #nature #photography #wildlife #macro
Here's a nice wee fly called Shaggy St Mark’s Fly (not sure if that's because it's hairy or just over passionate) - Bibio lanigerus #fly #ukwildlife #diptera #bibio #insect #photography #macro #nature #scotland
Emerald Damselfly (Lestes sponsa) ♂ a male Emerald Damselfy clinging on to a wee bit horsetail. #damselfly #ukwildlife #emerald #odonata #insect #photography #macro #nature #scotland
🪰 Argyra diaphana ♂ - Long-legged Fly a gorgeous, but rather small, fly handheld focus stack of 57 shots in the field using natural light #fly #ukwildlife #diptera #argyra #insect #photography #macro #nature #scotland
A Scotch Argus lurking in the undergrowth at Dinnet NNR - the weather wasn't great, so pleased to get this shot. handheld focus stack of 43 shots using natural light #butterfly #ukwildlife #insect #nature #photography #wildlife #macro
Went over to Pitmedden Gardens, Aberdeenshire to have a quick scratch around - plenty of Small Whites, this one's a male although no idea what plant it's sitting on handheld focus stack of 31 shots using natural light #butterfly #ukwildlife #insect #nature #photography #wildlife #macro
This one's an Emerald Damselfly trying to hide behind a rush. A handheld focus stack of 15 shots using natural light #damselfly #ukwildlife #odonata #insect #emerald #photography #macro #nature #scotland
An Orange-bearded Bluebottle which has the charming scientific name Calliphora vomitoria. One of the more "common" Bluebottles throughout the UK a handheld focus stack of 20 images in the field using only natural light #fly #ukwildlife #diptera #bluebottle #photography #macro #nature #scotland
A nice obliging Small Copper yesterday was happy to sit while I rattled off quite a few stacks handheld focus stack of 14 shots using natural light #butterfly #ukwildlife #nature #photography #wildlife #macro
Happy to see there are quite a few Small Coppers around - usually I just see one or two a year around the garden but they seem to be a daily occurrence this year. hand held focus stack of 19 shots using natural light #butterfly #ukwildlife #nature #photography #wildlife #macro
Greenbottle (Lucilia sp) ♂ Found this guy sitting right in the middle of a leaf of Lady's Mantle, I rattled off a few stacks and then left him to get on with his day. focus stack of 23 images using Zerene Stacker #fly #ukwildlife #diptera #tiger #photography #macro #nature #scotland
A stack of flies (Empis livida and some poor unfortunate) What happens in the under shrubbery stays in the under shrubbery focus stack of 23 shots - handheld and captured in natural light #fly #ukwildlife #diptera #tiger #photography #macro #nature #scotland
Small False Greenbottle (Neomyia cornicina) ♀ These guys seem to have increased in number this past week and happy to see them - probably my favourite fly. handheld focus stack of 66 shots captured using natural light #fly #ukwildlife #diptera #tiger #photography #macro #nature #scotland
A wee hoverfly - this one's a female Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) #hoverfly #ukwildlife #diptera #syrphidae #photography #macro #nature #scotland
A Marbled White roosting on a wee bit of grass (Cocksfoot, I think) #lepidoptera #butterfly #Melanargia #galathea #Marbled #White #insect #canon #R5MarkII #devon #macro #Zerene #photography #nature #iainlawrie #NaturalLightPhotography #ukwildlife
a selection of Common Blue images from the last few weeks - we've been trying to encourage them into the garden, so quite excited that they've finally arrived #common #blue #butterfly #nature #macro #wildlife #ukwildlife #photography
🪰 Coenosia tigrina - Common Tiger Fly The Last Dance Common Tiger Fly with prey - check out the way it's caged the food in with its legs handheld focus stack of 55 shots captured in natural light NE Scotland #fly #ukwildlife #diptera #tiger #photography #macro #nature #scotland
🦋 Pieris napi - Green-veined White handheld focus stack of 59 shots using natural light #butterfly #ukwildlife #nature #photography #wildlife #macro
Common Blue sitting on top of a wee bit of Yellow Rattle #blue #nature #butterflies #ukwildlife #aberdeenshire
🦋 Pearl-bordered Fritillary sitting on top of Bugle - another angle on this one - the sun had disappeared behind a cloud so I was fortunate that this one sat still while I managed to rattle off quite the few shots #pearl-bordered #fritillary #nature #butterflies #ukwildlife #aberdeenshire
🦋 Aphantopus hyperantus - Ringlet handheld focus stack of 53 shots captured in natural light #butterfly #Ringlet #ukwildlife #photography #macro #aberdeenshire #nescotland
🦋 Polyommatus icarus ♂ - Common Blue Auchnagatt, Aberdeenshire - 1st July 2026 Judging by the condition of this one I'm guessing very recently emerged - sitting on top of Yellow Rattle #butterflies #ukwildlife #nature #macro #common #blue #nescotland #aberdeenshire
🦋 Pearl-bordered Fritillary sitting on top of Bugle - the sun had disappeared behind a cloud so I was fortunate that this one sat still while I managed to rattle off quite the few shots #pearl-bordered #fritillary #nature #butterflies #ukwildlife #aberdeenshire
🦋 Polyommatus icarus ♀ - Common Blue Auchnagatt, Aberdeenshire, 27th June 2026 Pleased to see the Common Blues are bopping around the wee bit of meadow we've created and glad to find this female sitting with open wings #butterfly #Common #Blue #ukwildlife #nescotland #aberdeenshire
