We carry on in lockdown with the news this week that the vulnerable people can now visit a family member elsewhere but at a social distance, I myself enter my 12th week of isolation.
I was back at the lockdown reserve where I knew I wouldn’t come across anybody hoping this time to come across the Common Blue Butterfly, my hopes were to be dashed when the rain soon set in. I did however manage a couple of flower macros along with bees and hoverflies before I left the site in a brighter moment of sunshine.
I headed back home but decided on stopping off at a local viewpoint, the weather had now brighted up closer to home but the wind was still a concern. On entering the site I was a bit dismayed, the long grass had been cut this was a first for me on this site. I was here now so I had a look round and picked up a couple of Small Heath Butterflies, which after disturbing them soon went to ground in the grass keeping out of the wind. I found a part of the site which had been left uncut, mainly due to its passion I think, it was also catching the sun along here too. I spent a while down this ride picking up a couple of Common Carpet Moths… hoverflies inc. Helophilus trivittatus, Episyrphus balteatus (Marmalde Hoverfly) and Rhingia campestris
Episyrphus balteatus
Huddsbirder 