Cracking day yesterday
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, We went to Southport Dunes the weather was fantastic, I didn't know what to expect, i'd been to Hall-Lee- Brook in the morning and all we saw were two GVW, 3 OT"S, ( no females) 1 Peacock, I've never known it so bad for Butterflies.
We decided to carry on to Southport and I'm certainly glad we did, I saw four first's of the year for me
Looks like if these four are out the PBF will soon follow so that's my next move Hope fully.
When we approached the Dunes a Common Blue flew past us, on entering I then immediately spotted a Small Heath which flew off straight a way , this I didn't bother about because I knew if one was present there 'd be others (hope fully), we carried on up the Dunes to a sheltered spot I knew they liked and there they were accompanied with Small Copper and Common Blue, for about 30 mins I'd a ball
We decided to move further down the coast past Birkdale to Ainsdale Dunes. I was surprised when we got there at the lack of Butterflies, these Dunes are separated in parts by wooden walkways because in the Winter Months it can get quite flooded.
On one side where it was still damp (No Butterflies) on the other side much drier I found one or two Blues nothing like where I'd been previously . I decided to look nearer to the Edge of the dune which acted as a steep wall separating the Dune from the coast rd
and that was my first sighting of a wall, two in fact, they'd obviously just mated ( i just missed that worse luck) but at least I got some shots of both even if the female was hiding in the grass
I also got a photo of a very Dark female Common Blue at the first site so all in all I was quite happy with my day
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Goldie
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