Local Moths..from 2020 so far

                                                    Blood -vein

                                                 Common Emerald

                                                        Small Elephant Hawkmoth

                                                Beautiful Hook tip

                                                Puss Moth

                                                       Barred Hook Tip

                                                     Light Knot Grass

                                                           Fox Moth

Emperor

                                                                  Barred Red

     Peppered Moth

                                                         Poplar Hawk - moth

Elephant Hawk - moth

High Cup Nick ..

A male Black Grouse , plenty Culrew , Peregrine and Raven battle , breeding Wheatear and fantastic views...

Wolf Stones ........

Large Blue and Northern Silver Studded Blue

                                                   Dark Green Fritillary

                                                             Large Blue

                                                       Northern  Silver Studded Blue

                                                             Pyramid Orchid

                                                            Four Spotted Chaser

First Week in June does it again......

                                           Dave Franz getting close to Little Stint (photo NCD)

                                              A real beauty all  by Dave Franz

                                                 Hobby (Dave Sut)
Many thanks to my pals DF , NCD  and Dave Sut for photos...What  a great week and in Calderdale the first week in June is always one of the best weeks of the year and this year was no exception....A Hobby over the cricket pitch mid week was seen later in the day by DJS at Swales moor and he got some photos....Little Stint at Whiteholme res was just fantastic found by Dan Branch (well done), showed down to 10 feet in bright sunshine , 7 Dunlin , 1 Common Sand and a Ringed Plover also seen with Swifts moving low north west.....Cheers to MBr for keeping us posted

British Swallowtail , Glanville Fritillary and Heath Fritillary

                                                        Glanville Fritillary

                                                                         Heath Fritillary

                                                                    Swallowtail

A trip down Sarf to see a few Butterflys......................

Swallowtail x 5
Heath Fritillary x 8
Glanville Fritillary x 10
Small Blue x  100 +
Brimstone x 3
Dingy Skipper x 4
Common Blue x 5
Brown Argus x 4
Red Admiral x 1
Dark green Fritillary x 1
Green Hairstreak x 1
Large White -
Small White -
Comma x 1
Large Skipper x 6
Small Skipper x 2
Comma x 1
Small Tortoiseshell x -
Peacock x -