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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wendy Morris" data-source="post: 1546327" data-attributes="member: 15225">After wallking the dog this morning, OH and I settled to do nothing for a while as it was so nice where we had stopped.  The only fly in the ointment was 6 trail bikes came by, quite legally, making a hell of a noise and scattering butterflies and birds to the four winds.  The wildlife soon returned when it went quiet again.We were surrounded by dozens of butterflies, Small Tortoiseshells, Small Whites, Small Skippers, Painted Ladies, Gatekeepers and also by all manner of bees, flies and other bugs!  One of the Painted Ladies landed on my trousers and then sat on my shoe for nearly five minutes sunning itself.  Even when I eventually moved, it simply fluttered on to the ground and back on to the other shoe!Birds were more limited.....Rooks, Yellowhammer, Chaffinch, Magpie and Kestrel.It was a shame that we had to come home!</blockquote>