....I took three photographs of butterflies just about reaching my standard, including the well marked female Large White in our garden in the header pik.
But the weather on Friday wasn't quite as good as I had hoped for, and the hunt for dragonflies not a realistic prospect, though the weather did buck up later in the day.
Ringlet Grisedale Bridge. Pete Woodruff. Clik the pik
At Grisedale Bridge 2 Buzzard soared together overhead, and the Ringlet seen here has proved this year to be excellent for the species. I've had seven so far, put in the shade with records of 22 and 50 by two observers in our area this month.
Stonechat Juvenile. Howard Stockdale. Clik the pik
A visit to Hawthornthwaite to find proof of breeding when I found a pair of Stonechat and at least one juvenile here, a good enough excuse for another picture on B2B thanks to Howard. Also noted, 11 Meadow Pipit, 2 Wren, and a Buzzard soaring.
Meadow Brown Female Hawthornthwaite. Pete Woodruff. Clik the pik
Butterflies, a Meadow Brown and Peacock seen.
A lone Sand Martin seen over Catshaw Greave on Hawthornthwaite, appeared to indicate the colony had dispersed as was the case at Cam Brow. This seems an early date for the Sand Martin to desert two colonies, though at the latter site a family party were picnicking with kids in the stream building a dam below the nest holes!
A Meadow Brown in our garden was a first record here.
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