Some years at work, we have had scores of five spot burnet moths colonising the larger thistles and teasel flowers at work. Sometimes you would see twenty of these delightful faerieland creatures on an individual flower, a wonderful sight to behold.
Sadly this hasn't been the case in the last couple of years. As you may have seen on this blog, I have found individual moths, but not the thriving, writhing masses weighing down a single plant.
So the sighting of a single rather tired looking specimen was pleasant, yet also rather sad.
But we still have plenty of butterflies, with second flights of small tortoiseshell around, migrant red admirals, and tiny brown argus sneaking amongst the long grass. We have a beautiful linnet flock, and chiff chaffs are still calling. Lots of bumblebees on ragwort and thistle. Lots to see.
I'm just keeping my eyes, and my mind, open.
Si
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Super photographs Si - those bumbles look as though they are hanging on for dear life.
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