Being part crippled slightly damaged and with a car I can't risk driving for fun, my birding now relies on my feets and the kindness of others.
Of course, when the Folks feel like going out for an amble and ask me along, it'd be rude to say no, too, wouldn't it? :)
Yarner in August is not exactly a focal point, birding wise.
You want Spring, early Summer, for visitors, or late winter for residents [and no more about exactly what they are. You know, you know, right?]
Thus I wasn't expecting many birds, certainly not visible ones. A few butterflies, maybe. A few fungi maybe?
Hopefully not any fecking Horseflies...
I got, well, all of the above less the Horseflies, so a result!
Most photogenically, was this lovely lady;
Brimstone!
Wowzer! I had an utter basta quite a bit of trouble getting the camera to behave... Fortunately, she was feeling helpful, or at least hungry!
Though she looks very green in this pictures, female Brimstones are actually creamy off-white; the colour of clotted cream, and notably less 'detergent white' than say a Large White, with only some greenish 'airbrush lines' on the underwings.
Woo, what a beauty!
:D
At least 3 Brimstone about, though this one the only poser. Two Silver-washed Fritillary likewise avoided infamy getting photo'd.
Red Admiral
Dor Beetle
[apparently feeding on a fawn's leg]
Insects aside, the usual expected birds were present, mostly heard; most notably a couple of flyover Crossbills.
Finally of interest;
Rowans in very full berry
this year
We had a very nice stroll, so much so that we dicided to take another the next day [and this time with rations!].
It would be a little different.
Be Seeing You...
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