High Peaks

 The view from the  Shelter on Foel Grach 976m Conwy river in the distance..

                                                         The cairn on  Foel -fras 942 m

                                                             Carnedd Uchaf  926 m

Cwin Caseg

An breathtaking  hike in the Welsh hills from the high car park near Rowen up  Drum  , Foel Fras 942m ,Carnedd Uchaf  926 m and then up to the high peak of Foel Grach  976 m and lunch in the shelter. Plenty Ravens  , Chough and  Meadow Pipits the odd Skylark and watched a maleand female Whichat feeding young...............and Bilberry Bumble bee...

Great Orme

                                                      Male Western Silver Studded Blue

                                           Female Western Silver Studded Blue

                                         Western Silver Studded Blue in cop you can just seen the marginal black spots which contain  blue green pupils...if you click to enlarge...

Great Orme Grayling

                                                                      Brown Argus the two spots together on the lower wing id this as Brown Argus not female Common Blue,,

A trip to North Wales to see a couple of sub species of butterfly that can only be seen in and around the Great Orme ....Chough , Wheatear , Whinchat , Spot fly and Ravens............
Great Orme Grayling x 20
Western Silver Studded Blue x 30
Brown Argus x 4
Common Blue x 6
Gatekeeper x 4
Large White x 3
Speckled Wood x 1
Dark Green Frilillary x 2
Red Admiral x 3
Small Toeroiseshell x 1
Meadow Brown x 30 +

Ringstone Today

Popped up to Ringstone today at about 11.30 , it was alive with gulls and looks like BHGulls have had a good breeding season as there were loads of juvs , 2 Common Gulls and 40 + LBBGulls but no Med Gull.....8 Common Scoters , 1 GCGrebe , 1 Little Grebe , 2 Lapwing ,Skylarks , Moorhens , Mallards small groups of Swifts , Swallows and House Martins dropped in to feed before carrying on there journey an adult Whitethroat put in a brief appearance  by the inflow  .Went through the gulls again in the north and  west fields  , gulls were drifting in and out all the time but I drew a blank on the Med..The fields from Barkisland to Ringstone were empty of gulls on the way up but on the way back down there were 100's more Juv BH , Common Gulls and plenty LBBacked..I eventually found the Med Gull fast asleep in the middle of about 300 Black heads....great morning early afternoon...

Local

Very pleased to see an adult Sedge Warbler feeding two young the other day !! a real rare sight these days , Whitethroat , Grasshopper Warbler reeling and  loads of  Mipits  about  , had a real autumn feel to it as they were flying over calling with a few small groups of Curlew flying high s/w . Also loads of BH Gulls on the move this week with a flock of 27 over the house yesterday and 48 in the field this morning... ..

Yong Roe Deer

                                                                   

                                                         Scorched Wing

                                                   Sallow Kitten

Sycamore

This young buck Roe Deer  has / is setting up in the local area , i have seen him every day for the last few weeks . Also a few good moths this week including a first for Calderdale Scorched Wing and new for me Sycamore and a beautiful Sallow Kitten..