Rudd Clough and Withens Clough Reservoir

I had quite a few of these day flying similar looking moths today - mostly on the long heather on the road up to the reservoir around 09:30. Could I get to grips with them - No ! Neither could I get a decent photo other than this rubbish one. They looked dark brown in flight, then slightly paler as they landed. Was wondering about one of the 'Heaths'. I just couldn't do better unfortunately. I came down the road later and nothing was about at all.

I did better with this butterfly - a Wall - was I chuffed with this one - though it gave me the run-around for over an hour trying to get a photo with wings open. Not to be as it always landed on the wrong side of the wall,  but I did get enough to clinch identification. I suspected one here last year but gave up on it in the end as I remember, I couldn't get enough on it.

Wall

 

Also present were 3 Small Heath's and numerous 'whites'. Those I was able to identify were all Green-veined Whites

 

Hunting over the pond at the top end of the reservoir was what I thought was a massive Bee by it's colouration but it was 'flying rapid'. No chance of  a photo but it looked like a very fat bodied large dragonfly. Worth checking that pond if anyone goes up there on a hot sunny day.