May on the Isle of Skye

1 May 2012 . . . . Kinloch woods . . . . more flowers appearing.
Ajuga reptans (Bugle)	Lysimachia nemorum (Yellow Pimpernel)
Potentilla erecta (Tormentil)	Stellaria holostea (Greater Stitchwort)
The flowers of Heath Milkwort (Polygala serpyllifolia) are also becoming much more noticeable. Elsewhere, more Early Purple Orchids are appearing.

2 May 2012 . . . . Near Torrin . . . . an early Heath Spotted Orchid
Dactylorhiza maculata

2 May 2012 . . . . NG5623 . . . . My first official survey for the Plantlife Wildflowers Count
Bog Myrtle, Butterwort, Heath Milkwort, Lousewort and possibly Marsh Lousewort.
Pinguicula vulgaris (Butterwort)	Pedicularis sylvatica (Lousewort)

3 May 2012 . . . . NG6219 . . . . My second official survey for the Plantlife Wildflowers Count
Common Dog Violet, Wood Sorrel, Primrose, Lady's Mantle, Bog Myrtle, Daisy,Downy Birch, Alpine Lady's Mantle, Tormentil, Wild Strawberry, Butterwort, Wood Anemone, Hawthorn, Lesser Celandine, Lousewort, Creeping Willow, Bearberry.
Salix repens (Creeping Willow)	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Bearberry)

3 May 2012 Walking between Boreraig & Suisnish Polygala vulgaris (Common Milkwort)

13 May 2012 . . . . Still very small at this time of year:

Drosera rotundifolia (Round-leaved Sundew)

20 May 2012 . . . . Kyleakin Hills

Vaccinium vitis-idaea (Cowberry)

21 May 2012 . . . . Ben Suardal . . . . In search of Mountain Avens (Dryas octopetala)

23 May 2012 We have three species of Sundew, plus a hybrid: Drosera rotundifolia Drosera anglica Drosera intermedia Drosera x obovata (hybrid between D. rot. & D. ang.)

Drosera x obovata

24 May 2012 . . . . Kyleakin Hills . . . . Lycopodium clavatum (Stagshorn Clubmoss)

28 May 2012 Torrin . . . . My third orchid of the year: Neottia ovata (Twayblade)

28 May 2012 . . . . Sligachan . . . . The warm weather has brought out the early damselflies and dragonflies:
Large Red Damselfly	Four-spotted Chaser

29 May 2012 . . . . Blaven Mountain Sorrel, Starry Saxifrage, Yellow Saxifrage, Globeflower, Roseroot, Moss Campion, Common Scurvygrass.
Silene acaulis (Moss Campion)	Trollius europaeus (Globeflower)

29 May 2012 . . . . Camas Malag
Anthyllis vulneraria (Kidney Vetch)	Veronica officinalis (Heath Speedwell)
Anoplotrupes stercorosus (Common Dung Beetle)

30 May 2012 . . . . Back to Ben Suardal
Potentilla crantzii (Alpine Cinqefoil)	Persicaria vivipara (Alpine Bistort)