The end of May usually sees me starting to have a visit out to Bullcliffe nature reserve to find various butterfly species, a good place for Dingy Skipper.
My first impression was how overthrown things had become, and was nothing near the reserve I remember so many years back, I know nobody sends to take responsibility for this tiny reserve anymore, think it used to be Wakefield Council at one time
I headed up to the favourite spot for butterflies and was soon onto my first Dingy Skipper and soon picked up a few more too, numbers looked good. No other butterflies were seen in this spot, but I did pick up a single Small Heath near the old car parking spot.
Other highlights were a single Common Blue Damselfly, something I hadn’t seen here for a number of years. The pond area was well overgrown.
Well, it was good to find good numbers of Dingy Skipper. I’m looking forward to my next visit.
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