Snippets of Wealth - Friday 2nd August 2019 - Holly Blue, Small Heath, Painted Lady, thistles

A blog covering the past few days both on Burton Fell and mainly on Dalton Crags

Butterflies included: Holly Blue x1, Peacock x1, Dark Green Fritillary x2 (worn), Painted Ladies x11, Large White x3, Meadow Brown x3, Grayling (on thyme) x1, Small Heath x1, Speckled Wood x1.

Birds included: Willow Warbler x2 (in part song!!), Bullfinch, Lots of Swallows and Swifts hawking, Stonechat family party of four, Green Woodpecker yaffling

Today's garden on Dalton Crags

Photo: 2nd August 2019

 A Small Heath butterfly on Burton Fell

Photo: 31st July 2019

 A beautiful Epipactis helleborine (Broad Leaved Helleborine)

Photo: 31st July 2019

This beauty comes up most years and shows a lot of purple in the build of the flower regions. I find this can happen frequently with plants that are in partial canopy
If you want to check out my "orchid diary" please click over this link:
 https://epipactisatrorubens.blogspot.com/2019/01/diary-pages-for-2019.html

 Arctium minus (Lesser Burdock)

Photo: 1st August 2019 - Dalton Crags

Arctium minus (Lesser Burdock)

Photo: 1st August 2019 - Dalton Crags

Dark Green Fritillary
Photo 2nd August 2019

this was one of the two Dark Green Fritillaries I had today in Dalton Crags, both very well worn but this one was the worst.

Holly Blue butterfly

Photo: 1st August 2019

Showing it feeding on bramble, its a female and you can see that from the markings on the following photo.

Holly Blue butterfly

Photo: 1st August 2019

Harts Tongue Fern (asplenium scolopendrium) var: Marginatum

Photo: 1st August 2019

Painted Lady Butterfly

Photo: 2nd August 2019

Harebells in Dalton Crags

Photo: 2nd August 2019

Probably the best year in a long while for Harebells

A Gall

2nd August 2019 - Dalton Crags