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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Swindon Addick" data-source="post: 3239926" data-attributes="member: 69901">I did the trip for the Scottish species last year (report is buried in last year's thread somewhere) and definitely intend to go back, so I'm picking up some very useful tips here. Not least going slightly earlier to avoid all that effort checking common hawkers! Having said which, I never normally see them perched, so several perched and one emerging were actually quite a highlight.Early July last year I struggled to find Azures at some of the well-known spots. Some sites were a lot less boggy than I'd been led to expect, after a dry early summer, which may have been part of it. My best site for them was Beinn Eighe visitor centre, along the path that leads back towards Kinlochewe from the network of hill paths (it's very well marked on the maps outside the visitor centre). As others have said, Loch Garten is the place for Northern Damselfly, and the small pool further down the road was reliable for White-faced Darter once I found it.</blockquote>