A FEW BUTTERFLIES

With the butterfly season just starting, I popped over to Stanton park to see what was around. Although it was quite breezy, there were a few sheltered sunny spots where I managed to find orange tips, commas , green-veined whites  and a single holly blue  (the last two being new sightings for the year).

The lake was pretty empty, apart from  a few coots; a pair of swans are nesting in the reeds, and I also found a mallard x hybrid with a couple of tiny ducklings. In the trees the highlights were nuthatch, goldcrest and a singing blackcap. 

comma

green veined white

holly blue

singing blackcap

ducklings with this female  hybrid who paired with  a mallard