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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wendy Morris" data-source="post: 1537449" data-attributes="member: 15225">A few weeks back, someone (I think it may have been Screech) suggested that we took an hour in one place, sat back and watched what was around us.  I took up the idea this afternoon.  The dog and I left Mr Grumpy at home and set off in search of an hour's peace!  It was sunny but very windy and there were not many birds around with the exception of two flocks of Rooks each with at least 100+ birds in.  A couple of Buzzards soared high and away, Wood Pigeons, Chaffinches, Yellowhammers and a Blackbird made up the other feathered creatures.Out of the wind and in the sun, only a few steps away from the car, there were dozens of butterflies.  Mostly they were Large and Small Whites, a couple of Gatekeepers, a Marbled White and a Small Tortoiseshell.  The bulk of them were Painted Ladies, but I hardly recognised them at first because they were so colourful, unlike the earlier ones.  I wonder if they are the new generation?  There was also a Five Spot Burnet moth.</blockquote>