June 17th
An early start to go to wixhall moss in Shropshire. A long way but still the closest Large Heath colony in the country.
An amazing place. A huge low land peak bog with all sorts of specialised wildlife. Lovely views of sun dew and lesser bladderwort. Two carnivorous bog plants. Two dragonfly ticks in White Legged Damselfly and white faced darter and the large heaths.
Saw about a dozen but almost exclusively flying over the boggy ground away from the paths and being gusted by quite strong winds. The only one I saw perched I realised too late my camera was still on Manual focus. So no pics. My 100th lifer of the year though which was one of my main targets at the beginning of the year.
Also had my first Ringlet and silver studded blues of the year. The blues were much more camera friendly. Even managed some phone pics. Beautiful little things.
52 ringlet
53 large heath
54 silver studded blue
Birds 254 Mammals 27 Herp 18 Butterflies 54 Total 353 Lifers 100
An early start to go to wixhall moss in Shropshire. A long way but still the closest Large Heath colony in the country.
An amazing place. A huge low land peak bog with all sorts of specialised wildlife. Lovely views of sun dew and lesser bladderwort. Two carnivorous bog plants. Two dragonfly ticks in White Legged Damselfly and white faced darter and the large heaths.
Saw about a dozen but almost exclusively flying over the boggy ground away from the paths and being gusted by quite strong winds. The only one I saw perched I realised too late my camera was still on Manual focus. So no pics. My 100th lifer of the year though which was one of my main targets at the beginning of the year.
Also had my first Ringlet and silver studded blues of the year. The blues were much more camera friendly. Even managed some phone pics. Beautiful little things.
52 ringlet
53 large heath
54 silver studded blue
Birds 254 Mammals 27 Herp 18 Butterflies 54 Total 353 Lifers 100