Friday, 9 August 2019

Withens Clough

Yesterday - a very good day for Butterflies in and around Rudd Lane and the top car park as well as around the reservoir!
 Think this is a Red Admiral larva - just 2 of these on nettles

Cinnabar - we found 14 of these but only ones and two's, not clusters, and all on Ragwort

Lots of great habitat - thistles, nettles etc and the sun shone a lot !
Peacock 84 + and counting
Small Copper x 2
Ringlet 21+
Meadow Brown 25+
Small White 50+
Green-veined White x 3
Small Skipper 15+
Large Skipper x 7
Small Heath 12+
Painted Lady 11+
Comma x 1
Small Tortoiseshell 50+

Antler Moth x 4 - all on Ragwort

Common Blue Damselfly 8+ on the small pond 150m past the res'r cottage and a Common Hawker.
Common Blue Damselfly 40+....numerous around the vegetation at the top end and the far side of the of the reservoir where it was in full sunshine and shelter from the breeze. Also 2+ Common Hawkers there.


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