Green Field-speedwell Veronica agrestis
On 30th September, Pat Evans came across a plant new to the north of Assynt whilst she was weeding her vegetable beds at Nedd. It was an inconspicuous white-flowered annual of cultivated ground called Green Field-speedwell Veronica agrestis. It was first recorded in ‘cornfields at Elphin and Knockain’ in 1894, seen again at Inchnadamph in 1966 and at Lochinver, Achmelvich and Clashnessie during the 1990’s .
Ian Evans
single male bird, Loch na Claise (DAH) (20/09)
two winter plumage birds, Culkein Stoer (DAH) (20/09)
three birds, Bay of Culkein (DAH) (20/09)
single bird, Bay of Culkein (DAH) (20/09)
23 birds heading south-east over Lochinver (DAH) and c40 over Clashmore (Adrian Stabler) (17/09)
single adult bird crossing road near Strathcroy (DAH) (17/09)
two birds over Drumbeg Stores (DAH) (17/09)
single butterfly basking on hazel tree, Nedd garden (Ian Evans) 15 Sep 2020, and single in house, Culkein Drumbeg (DAH) 16 Sep 2020. Both looked freshly emerged so could be offspring of spring arrivals. Photos of both Gallery - Butterflies (16/09)
