The combination of sunny spring weather and habitat improved by a herd of red Devon cattle has led to a surge in numbers of one of the UK’s rarest butterflies on moorland in the English west country. As well as increasing in established pockets on Exmoor, the heath fritillary is spreading to new areas, which […]
Tag: Heath Fritillary
A little holiday update
I eventually found up to 9 breeding pairs of Red-backed Shrikes (5 pairs plus single birds at 4 sites) plus Wrynecks at 2 sites so these two species may well have an OK year after all. One of the pairs of Wrynecks had 3 young already out of the nest and I heard their begging […]
Sommarfåglar
Ett namn som är fritt översatt från danskan men som känns härligt istället för fjärilar. Här lite fjärilar som jag fångat på sensorn idag efter att ha kollat upp nattskärrorna som fortfarande ligger på ägg och ruvar.