Withens Gap / Cold Edge

From yesterday I found these caterpillars feeding on nettles. They don't look very appetizing!! but I guess these will be Pupa by the time any juvenile Cuckoo's arrive !

 Peacock butterfly larvae

Loads of Butterflies yesterday between Withens Gap and Haigh Cote, above Cold Edge dams. Loads of nettles and thistles along the track and warm sunshine makes a big difference to the outcomes.

Estimates.........
Small Tortoiseshell x 66 and counting....
Peacock x 1
Small White x 2
Large White x 1
Green-veined White x 20
Small Skipper x 16
Large Skipper x 17
Ringlet x 43
Meadow Brown x 50
Small Heath x 4
Painted Lady x 2
Antler Moth x 1
Wainscot sp...probably Common (?) x 2
Common Hawker Dragonfly x 1 headed over towards Warley Moor