April 11th Sunny, Cool Breeze, c16 degrees
Bingham Linear Park http://www.rushcliffewildlife.co.uk/sit ... hamlp.html
Early part of the walk is amongst sub-urban gardens shaded in an old railway cutting lines with trees - Hawthorn, Willow and Elder predominating, overgrown with Ivy and Bramble.
Plenty of Orange Tips on show here...flying vigorously around their territories on rapid circling flights high amongst the trees.
After passing under the A52 in a corrugated Iron tunnel the path becomes drier and grassier...initially in a cutting...then opening onto a high embankment amongst arable fields.
Lots of Peacock on show basking with open wings on the warm stones of discarded ballast piles.
By the time I reached the Yellow Rape fields there were plenty of Green-Veined White in evidence - smaller than I expected..similar in size to a Small White, only their prominent Underwing markings allowing easy identification.
I walked as far as the River Snape but there was no sign of any Skippers.
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Returning through the tree-lined area at the start of the walk I managed to get a great shot of a very battered Comma...presumably a hibernator...its not had time to get so tattered if it was newly emerged!
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