Another try for the Brown

Still nothing much around birdwise and as there was a good weather forecast me and Andy decided on another try for the Brown Hairstreaks at Chambers Farm Wood, it was a slow start but eventually after checking out a different area to the prime location we found a female egg laying although the sighting was all too brief, fortunately there were quite a few other people also searching and on returning to the prime area it wasn’t long before we were put onto a couple more females and two males, the males in particular were very confiding, there was also a good supporting cast of other Butterflies and Dragonflies including Brown Argus and although we didn’t take much notice of any birds a couple of tatty Buzzards were noted flying over. We ended the day at Blacktoft again, it was fairly quiet but there was still a good number of Spotted Redshanks about plus a Wood Sandpiper and two Knot today.

the first female

all above another female with a chunk of wing missing

a couple of males

a good supporting cast

Scarlet Pimpernel

Scabious, very popular with the Butterflies

Common Darter

Southern Hawker

immature Migrant Hawker

mature Migrant Hawker

a couple of rather tatty Buzzards

most of the waders were too distant today

Local

Started easing Izzy (our dog) back into walks on the Ings with a couple of short walks around Clifton Park this week, a lot of Warblers are passing through at the moment mainly Whitethroats and young Willow Warblers, there is a charm of 50-60 Goldfinch as well although I used to get several hundred a few years ago and the first Spotted Flycatcher of the Autumn was seen on the 17th with two there this afternoon.

Hornsea Mere

Went across to Hornsea Mere after work on Thursday for the Little Gull spectacle although it could hardly have been called that with just two birds present when I arrived, more came in later though and there was more than 30 by the time I got kicked off at 5-30pm, they spent a lot of time resting on the boardwalks and I had a very good photographic session just a shame the sun wasn't out.

good size comparison