A selection of photos from around the area - most taken in Spring / Summer 2016 Click on the thumbnail to open the full size version (up to 5MB JPG) Cormorants nesting off Downies Grasshopper on Portlethen Moss Damselfly on Portlethen Moss Common Blue on cliffs near Newtonhill Yellowhammer near Newtonhill Small Tortoiseshell Chrysalis at Portlethen Moss Bird on Findon Moor Emerald Damselfly on Portlethen Moss Burnet Moth near Garron Point Damselflies mating on Portlethen Moss Damselflies laying eggs on Portlethen Moss Damselfly on Portlethen Moss Grasshopper on Portlethen Moss Blue Butterfly beside Old Portlethen Harbour Sea Anemone in a small rockpool, Old Portlethen Harbour Seal beside Old Portlethen Harbour Female Eider Ducks beside Old Portlethen Harbour Sea Anemone in a small rockpool, Old Portlethen Harbour Deer on Portlethen Moss Crab in rockpool at Muchalls Emerald Damselfly on Portlethen Moss Damselfly on Portlethen Moss Dragonfly on Portlethen Moss Two Damselflies on Portlethen Moss Damselfly and food on Portlethen Moss Dragonfly on Portlethen Moss Common Hawker on Portlethen Moss Peacock Butterfly in Portlethen Red Admiral Butterfly in Portlethen Painted Lady Butterfly in Portlethen Small Tortoiseshell in Portlethen A Herd of Curlews beside Portlethen