So this morning was spent wandering around the fell with a jumper and fleece on. A few butterflies were on the wing today, so better than yesterday, but only Orange-tips, Small Whites and Peacocks.
Female Orange tip on it's favoured flower, Cuckoo-flower |
A few more hoverflies were in the sheltered spots and I picked up two new for the year, Melanostoma mellinum and one of the Sphaerophoria species, a rather short bodied one. I also picked up my final Bumble Bee of the six common ones, Bombus hortorum, the Small Garden Bumblebee.
There has been an influx of Garden Warblers overnight as I had six individuals singing on my walk about and spent a wee while trying to get a few photos of them and some Blackcaps.
Garden Warbler |
Blackcap |
Yellow Archangel |
On the fell Bitter Vetch, that acid loving legume was in flower making it three new ones. I also picked a few sprigs of some of the willows and will have a go (unsuccessfully, probably) at identifying them later.
Great set of pics, Keith. Good luck with the mothing tonight. I`m gonna have a go with the lamp & net.
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