As I reported on Monday, the current run of high pressure and easterly winds
is bringing plenty of migrant dragonflies and butterflies to the North West
and perhaps the most iconic of the latter is clouded yellow. There's been a
few reported locally and today we were delighted to find at least five at
Bickershaw in the grasslands between Nevison's and New Water.
I get really excited when I see this butterfly, there's just something very
special about it. In flight they are really deep yellow with a black border
to the upperwing, but I don't think I've ever seen one land with it's wings
open. Still, the underwing is nice as well, I can see areas of pink, brown and
black in the wings and a nice lime green eye.
Just as iconic amongst the migrant dragonflies is lesser emperor, and the two
on the stock pond continue to show well.
On our way to the stock pond we managed to find a second ruddy darter.
Common darter.
We counted six male keeled skimmers on their favourite stream today.
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