White-letter hairstreak occur rarely in St Helens largely due to the rarity of the host tree, elm. However they can be found in a few places and today I called in at one of the sites and counted at least six flying around the tops of the trees and for some reason occasionally landing on a hawthorn bush. Due to them usually staying high, they're difficult enough to see let alone photograph, and this picture is a phone scoped video grab.
Friday, 23 June 2023
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Popular Posts
-
To be honest I did have an inkling of what today might bring when I wrote yesterdays blog post! A birder on yesterdays crossing ...
-
I was at the top of Billinge Hill watching a tree pipit this morning when I received news that there had been a Hudsonian godwit at Bu...
-
My only new species from this holiday turned up towards the end of what had so far proven to be a slightly disappointing whale watch...
No comments:
Post a Comment