Although I've always been interested in flora and fauna, particularly birds, since I moved over to the East Coast butterflies and dragonflies have become increasingly interesting as there are so many more here than I'm used to seeing.
So when I got an opportunity to visit a site on Monday morning with a friend who is an expert in butterflies and moths to see a butterfly I haven't seen yet, I jumped at it. We were in Scarborough for the weekend so this was perfect timing.
We met in a car park north west of Scarborough to see a
Green Hairstreak butterfly. I've seen them in books of course but the here was the chance to see one (or more) for the first time.
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| Green Hairstreak butterfly |
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| Green Hairstreak |
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| Green Hairsteak |
Seeing the butterfly on bilberry and on the ground in different light and backgrounds showed up the difference that light can make to an image.
This morning I was on my usual walk through Hornsea and past the Mere when I saw a couple of dragonflies. Yesterday was the first day this year I had seen any, but they were distant with no chance of id. These two however were close so I waited for one to settle and grabbed a few photos.
I'm still very much in the early days of dragonfly identification so I got the field guide out and also checked the web sites to get an id. Even when I thought I'd got it, I wasn't sure enough, so I posted a photo on a dragonfly Facebook group and got confirmation -
Hairy Dragonfly, which is a new species for me 😊
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| Hairy Dragonfly |
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| Hairy Dragonfly |
Had a nice view of a situation that happens pretty often between two species of birds. When a new barn Owl box is put up you can pretty much guarantee that the first bird to have a look will be a Stock Dove. They are usually the first to occupy the box as well. So when I saw both species on a box together I had to get a photo, even though it was so far away.
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| Barn Owl vs Stock Dove |
