These pics were posted by Jenny one of our regulars on the reserve.
She seems to have a great insight into wildlife (or Patience) and supplied the site with more great photographs.
There seems to be a problem uploading from ‘sightings’ perhaps our web master can get to the bottom of it.
Ian
brimstone moth on underside of bramble leaf1
cinnabar moth on ragwort1
garden tiger moth caterpillar1
sea bindweed1
One reply on “25 June, 2013 19:32”
I did write a piece to go with the photos but it seems to have got lost. It was as follows: An excellent day, especially for the insects. The combination of warm sunshine and little wind brought out a good variety of butterflies: small heath and common blue, plus a few small coppers, wall brown, large skipper and large white, the latter around the sea kale. Also saw several cinnabar moths and what I think is a brimstone moth, landed on the underside of a bramble leaf, which made it difficult to photograph. Brian will put me right if I have got that wrong. There were a few 4-spot chaser dragons and plenty of damsels, mainly common blues with a sprinkling of azures, blue-tailed and reds.
Looked along the shingle/dune edge for graylings but without success. Nice to see some new flowers opening along there, including wild thyme, lady’s bedstraw and sea bindweed. The birds-foot trefoil is seeding now, its pods showing how it got its name.
The long pool had plenty of families of mallard, including one with ten ducklings; also swans with 6 cygnets and a moorhen feeding two young. Didn’t see any young little grebes however. On the path alongside, saw a garden tiger moth caterpillar. They are really fast movers!
Jenny.