That time of year again, I turn my attention to the insects and away from the birds a bit, today’s weather wasn’t the best start, but the season was slipping away, due to the awful UK weather, I was trying Bullcliffe NR toady.
On arrival the birds did make themselves known, with calling Goldfinch, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, and eventually a Garden Warbler, but my attention today was Butterflies.
The first area I knew produced my first target species, a single Small Heath. Moving on then to the second area I had in mind, for my next target, but this produced nothing, on then to the final area and my first encounter was with a single Dingy Skipper, this was also the area that I found the Garden Warbler in.
A couple of Moths species were seen, a Straw Dot Moth and a first for me in a White-pinion Spotted Moth
Dingy Skipper Butterfly
Straw Dot Moth
White-pinion Spotted Moth
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