Chocolate Tip

Popped round to see this first for our local area yesterday a fine Chocolate tip a great catch DJS..Also this small young buck turned up on Sat night and strutted right into the territory of the local male Roe Deer it did not last long before it was seen off...LOL

Owls about ...

Bronte Country

Widdop

A stunning day to be out on the moors...
Common Heath very common at least 50 +
Brown Silver lines x 2
Mother Shipton x 2
Emperor male x 1
Small Heath x 20 +
Green Hairstreak x 4
Large White x 1
Green veined White x 5
Orange Tip male x 1
Green tiger Beetle x 11
Common Lizard x 2
1 green form and 1 brown/orange form...

Starlings..............

The local Starlings have had a good breeding season with 120 + on the cricket pitch in the afternoon , one of the juvs had been taken by a Sparrowhawk and i think a few more will go the same way.....

I am pretty sure I have never seen 3 adult LEO's hunting in the same field at the same time , until last night., I am thinking it was 2 males and 1 female , the female having tatty primarys and secondrys. A fantastic evening..cheers Roy....

Butterflies..... Feb - May

A great Spring for Butterflies so far -
1 .Brimstone
2 .Orange Tip
3 .Small White
4 .Large White
5 .Green Veined White
6 .Small Copper
7 .Small Tortoiseshell
8 .Peacock
9 .Green Hair - streak
10 . Wall Brown
11 .Speckled Wood
12 .Comma
13 .Small Heath
14 . Painted Lady
15.Common Blue
16 .Large Skipper

Calderdale Way...

Pendel Hill

No Dotterel but a great walk...a few Goldies on the top and a lot of people.......

Cragg Vale Coiners Walk

                                                      Not this route

                                                                   King Davids House

                                                 Broadhead Clough from Erringden moor

                                      Robin Hood Rocks the 'Long Tom'

                                                Heptonstall Church ,the final resting place of 'King David'

                                     The old Water Wheel at Cragg Vale

Fox and an Owl

Fox moth on the Hills and Puss Moth at home

So the moths that were flying around the other night were Fox Moths not Emperors as I first thought.I counted at least 25 which is the largest count in Yorkshire of adult Fox moths...Brown Silver lines and Orange Tips and Green veined Whites  loads of Swifts , Swallows and Sand Martins kicking around ....

Puss Moth a beauty  found on the wall next to the moth trap........

Evening out

Nice to see an Owl at last.....other birds about 185 large gulls east mainly Herrings but a few LBBGulls , 1 Curlew ,  3 Linnet  , 2 Displaying Snipe , 5 Swift , 6 Sand Martin , 4 Swallow , displaying Greenfinch , 10 + Emperor Moth (I think) and the odd Skylark..