A good forecast again today so, after our usual lazy start, we set off for Arnside. The plan was for Heather to wander down the estuary and draw I while went up the Knott looking for butterflies. The sun came out and there were hundreds of butterflies on the wing:
Speckled wood
Grayling
Gatekeeper
Meadow brown
Scotch Argus
Ringlet
Painted Lady
Mother Shipton's moth.
Gatekeepers were the most numerous with numbers in three figures. It was good to finally capture images of grayling I am pleased with. Usually they settle on the limestone gravel and immediately drop their fore wings behind the back ones and totally fold up. Today they were nectaring on Heather and allowed good opportunities. The influx of painted ladies has arrived and there were good numbers, particularly on knapweed. I was delighted, too, to see and make images of Scotch argus for the first time.
In the evening we walked across to Stavely for the folk festival to go to an excellent concert.
Speckled wood
Grayling
Gatekeeper
Meadow brown
Scotch Argus
Ringlet
Painted Lady
Mother Shipton's moth.
Gatekeepers were the most numerous with numbers in three figures. It was good to finally capture images of grayling I am pleased with. Usually they settle on the limestone gravel and immediately drop their fore wings behind the back ones and totally fold up. Today they were nectaring on Heather and allowed good opportunities. The influx of painted ladies has arrived and there were good numbers, particularly on knapweed. I was delighted, too, to see and make images of Scotch argus for the first time.
In the evening we walked across to Stavely for the folk festival to go to an excellent concert.
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