Uncertainty over the Butterfly I wanted to see saw us heading out to Hornsea Mere to hopefully see the reported Red footed Falcon but on arrival it hadn’t been seen since 9am we arrived at 9:30am, not to be discouraged we were compensated with the aerial display of 5 or 6 Hobbies which more than made up for the loss of not seeing the Falcon.
Other birds seen whilst hunting out the Falcon were Marsh Harrier, Mute Swan, Swift, House Martin, House Sparrow, Reed Bunting, Cettis Warbler, Swallow, Tufted Duck. Also of interest at Hornsea and been here for a while was an Iceland Gull, which was located with the ducks rather a surprise
Iceland Gull at Hornsea Mere
After Hornsea we ventured out to Fordon Chalk Bank, near Hunmanby and the Wold Top Brewey, a Butterfly Site, a new site for me and I picked up a few firsts for the year notably my favourite the Small Copper. Numerous Brown Argus were on site along with Speckled Wood and Common Blue, in low numbers were Large Skipper, Dingy Skipper, Small Heath,
Small Copper Butterfly
We didn’t give the site a lot of time due to a text message of the butterfly I wanted to see today so it was off to a site near Knaresborugh where I saw the UK smallest Butterfly the Small Blue, so Id seen the UK largest and now the Smallest over a weekend
Small Blue Butterfly
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