Some really cold nights lately with frosty mornings and some snow showers during the past week or so has finally made it feel like Winter.
Going through my photos as usual for the species threads has reminded me of the wonderful places that I visited in 2014 and as I have done in previous years I have picked a few location shots to cheer myself up on a cold dark evening. Most of these have already been posted in my diary through the year but as they are favourite shots of favourite places I like putting a few together.
First off, Ryton Wood on a sunny day in April,
![Ryton 24.04.2014008 resize.JPG (719.74 KiB) Viewed 1039 times Bluebells in Ryton Wood - 24.04.2014. My first Green Hairstreak of the year seen here.](./files/thumb_10101_659eefadd50bb5c8d3a3f1005239f755)
- Bluebells in Ryton Wood - 24.04.2014. My first Green Hairstreak of the year seen here.
The Wyre Forest in early May for PBFs,
![Wyre Forest 05.05.2014 017 resize.JPG (656.71 KiB) Viewed 1039 times Wyre Forest - 05.05.2014](./files/thumb_10101_fdd525099a1af87e8a660ff0f6e3aa40)
- Wyre Forest - 05.05.2014
and then it was down to the IOW in late May for Glanville Fritillaries,
![IOW - May 2014 027 resize.JPG (675.8 KiB) Viewed 1039 times Wheelers Bay IOW - 27.05.2014](./files/thumb_10101_c10e25568ba64a223b12a8059bf26926)
- Wheelers Bay IOW - 27.05.2014
A couple of weeks later and I am heading North...
![Cumbria - June 2014 066resize.JPG (578.05 KiB) Viewed 1039 times Warton Crag - 11.06.2014. Northern Brown Argus and SPBFs seen here.](./files/thumb_10101_d8be16d2150ec0262f49f957da439e37)
- Warton Crag - 11.06.2014. Northern Brown Argus and SPBFs seen here.
![Cumbria - June 2014 163 resize.JPG (902.96 KiB) Viewed 1039 times Arnside Knott - 11.06.2014.](./files/thumb_10101_ba471f1c5795d07214a4daee202d1322)
- Arnside Knott - 11.06.2014.
![Cumbria2 - June 2014 217 resize.JPG (629.62 KiB) Viewed 1039 times Irton Fell - 12.06.2014. Lots of Mountain Ringlets when it warmed up abit.](./files/thumb_10101_d26d653b5f09e3972271e24c60d08dfe)
- Irton Fell - 12.06.2014. Lots of Mountain Ringlets when it warmed up abit.
Back down South again for a family holiday near Weymouth,
![Weymouth 2014 704 resize.JPG (692.91 KiB) Viewed 1039 times South West Coast path looking towards Osmington Mills and Ringstead Bay 01.07.2014](./files/thumb_10101_f60adf119657e1f693e7a54544e8e186)
- South West Coast path looking towards Osmington Mills and Ringstead Bay 01.07.2014
![Weymouth 2014 719 resize.JPG (605.96 KiB) Viewed 1039 times Looking toward White Horse Hill, Osmington - 01.07.2014](./files/thumb_10101_d6fa79eb792fce1529d5a2e858e0e323)
- Looking toward White Horse Hill, Osmington - 01.07.2014
![Weymouth 2014 355 resize.JPG (586.73 KiB) Viewed 1039 times Chesil Beach from Tout Quarry Portland - 30.06.2014](./files/thumb_10101_5ebdce74f9af0bc25b018fef92ba4391)
- Chesil Beach from Tout Quarry Portland - 30.06.2014
Despite visiting Aston Rowant for a few years now, I had never been to the southern part of the reserve until last year,
![Aston Rowant 29.07.2014 454 resize.JPG (620.44 KiB) Viewed 1039 times Looking across the M40 to Beacon Hill from Bald Hill at Aston Rowant - 29.07.2014](./files/thumb_10101_0e1a6b96575b01281a44f26e8340cdaa)
- Looking across the M40 to Beacon Hill from Bald Hill at Aston Rowant - 29.07.2014
Then it was back to Dorset again at the end of August for another week, this time stopping at Durdle Door,
![Dorset September 2014 228 resize.JPG (626.16 KiB) Viewed 1039 times Durdle Door in the evening sun - 31.08.2014](./files/thumb_10101_87b78597b317b938890341748e1f36ac)
- Durdle Door in the evening sun - 31.08.2014
![Dorset September 2014 066 resize.JPG (581.4 KiB) Viewed 1039 times Lulworth Cove - 31.08.2014. I took a very similar shot with a boat heading out of the cove last year.](./files/thumb_10101_d1c7b8f7c3b351af739b980ec1de4369)
- Lulworth Cove - 31.08.2014. I took a very similar shot with a boat heading out of the cove last year.
![Dorset September 2014 877 resize.JPG (765.85 KiB) Viewed 1039 times Looking down on West Lulworth from Bindon Hill - 04.09.2014](./files/thumb_10101_5d3e2c8b02178244506f4711c239ab46)
- Looking down on West Lulworth from Bindon Hill - 04.09.2014
![Dorset September 2014 905 resize.JPG (711.92 KiB) Viewed 1039 times Lulworth Cove and Bindon Hill from Hambury Tout - 04.09.2014](./files/thumb_10101_9b57db5744d51e20b185b277859cad90)
- Lulworth Cove and Bindon Hill from Hambury Tout - 04.09.2014
![Dorset September 2014 458 resize.JPG (602.45 KiB) Viewed 1039 times Path up to White Horse Hill, Osmington 03.09.2014. Adonis blues and Clouded Yellows favoured these depressions.](./files/thumb_10101_70db7054f4412bc78254908a0fb014d8)
- Path up to White Horse Hill, Osmington 03.09.2014. Adonis blues and Clouded Yellows favoured these depressions.
Looking back through that lot has got me keen to start making plans for 2015, time to get the calendar out and start looking up flight times and looking to what time I can book off work
Bye for now,
Neil.