Not the foggiest idea

If Summer in Orkney means one thing, it's more likely to be haar, than sunburn. Yes, after a few days of warm weather, we are always guaranteed a generous helping of fog.

High Hoy Lighthouse on the island of Graemsay

If we're lucky, by mid afternoon the haar will have burnt off, and then... ooh... I don't know... perhaps there'd still be time for some dragon hunting?

 

Back at the nearby pond, surrounded by wisps of fog drifting up from the nearby coast, Black Darters were busy propagating the species. Pairs were mating in the vegetation around the edges of the pool, then egg-laying in the mossy shallows.

There was plenty of other invertebrate life to be seen, some of which even deigned to be photographed, or at least didn't scarper as soon as they saw me.

Caterpillar of a Broom Moth

Bog Hoverfly, Sericomyia silentis

A Sexton Beetle (ID'd by BR as Nicrophorus vespilliodes)

The male Black Darters were so keen to find good vantage points in the sun, they often landed on heads, shoulders, hands or wellies. Here's a second or so of footage slowed down to x0.12 speed.

Today has seen 60mph winds and driving rain, but at least the windows on one side of the house are now much cleaner!