Cheers Wurzel - I didn't even know there was more than one type
Yes, amazing camouflage David with speed to match - doesn't make for easy photography. The rogue squirrel has moved onto my delphiniums and has bitten them all off at the base
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. The moles are now digging up my lawn faster than I can fill in the holes! I spent years attracting wildlife to the garden so I fear I am a victim of my own success!
I can send you loads of branches Goldie - they're scattered all over the lawn!!!
It was very windy today on my walk, even in the sheltered areas. For the most part it kept the butterflies low down with a reluctance to open their wings but I did see my first Dingy of the season:
I include this shot of the Holly Blue only because it is the first shot I have managed this season - not a patch on those posted recently by Dave and David:
Lots of Dukes around today but the only shot I took was this one nectaring on Dandelion despite the masses of Cowslips - never seen that before. Perhaps because it was that little bit lower down out of the wind?
As I was leaving I watched a very vibrant Red Admiral egg-laying. I took a few shots:
It was only when I looked at the photos that I realised there is another egg on an adjacent leaf. Not sure what it might be. Comma?