Friday, June 28, 2024

Pyramidal Orchids

 


















Our local pyramidal orchids have been stupendous this year !!

A few butterflies

 


                                                                      Small Skipper




Marbled White butterflies


Common Blue

A few local orchids

 

A white common spotted orchid










Lots of southern marsh orchids on our local walk, lets hope they don't get trampled




Common Spotted orchids

A few from last week

 

Yellowhammer


Spoonbill


Siskin



Reed Buntings


and a bittern flew over

Thursday, June 27, 2024

Marbled White Butterflies, Redhill Nature Reserve, Lincs

 















Our annual pilgrimage to this lovely reserve. Masses of marbled white butterflies flying, never still ! They were literally everywhere and we would guess at over 100. Everywhere we looked they never stopped fluttering over, never seen so many, quite a spectacle. Met some lovely folk to chat to aswell. Headed home before we baked in the 28 degrees of scorching sun....but the butterflies were loving it !