Today has been a pretty grim day, but there has been some been some ok weather this week, and I've been able to have lunchtime walks at work to see what I might see.
The long grass by the cycle path is now getting on for waist high in places, and among it there are trefoil and hedge woundwort, with some thistles and knapweed in flower too. Ragwort is dominant, and these rough and ready yellow flowers and attracting 5 spot burnet moths and skipper butterflies.
There are ringlet and meadow browns too, and even a brown argus here and there.
Small tortoiseshells, in that way of theirs, like sunning themselves upon the footpaths and on banks of earth. Judging by the vivid colour and condition, these are second flight specimens now.
The colours have faded in my wildflowers meadows, but new species are emerging for the first time - ladies and hedge bedstraw, fluffy white and fluffy yellow between them.
Linnets sit on the chicken wire fence, the red breasted males occasionally letting out a fluting whistle to let you know they've seen you.
Si
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Those are WOW butterflies.
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