It turned out a better day than forecast and by lunchtime it was sunny and
warm. By this time I was on the cliffs about 200m north of the old West Shore
toll station. South facing, it was alive with butterflies, but it was this
hummingbird hawk-moth which stole the show. I watched it flying around for a
bit before it landed for a few minutes allowing me to fire off a few photos. I
don't think I've ever seen one landed before.
Star of the show for the butterflies was this dark green fritillary, but there
were hundreds each of silver-studded blue, grayling, gatekeeper and meadow
brown, with a few painted ladies, small tortoiseshells and red admirals. A
really impressive display.
Grayling.
Silver-studded blue.
There were four juvenile wheatears around the limestone pavement area today,
and I counted an impressive 26 choughs.
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