A selection of butterflies.

Not much happening birdwise at the moment so we have been concentrating on the butterflies when weather and time off allow.

We visited Smardale Gill on the 7th August and what a fantastic day that was.  We have never seen so many Scotch Argus as we did that day, to the point one was landing on our feet and another on the camera!  As soon as the sun got out and the heat went up then they came out but later in the day when it clouded over then they disappeared  quickly as though they had never been there.

Dark Green Fritillary

 

 

Scotch Argus

 

 

Small Skipper

Meadow Brown

Peacock

Tortoiseshell

Common Blue

Common Blue

 

Brown Argus

Small Heath

Large White

Green Veined White

Silver Y

And this moth which was also flying through the day

And this little fellow who kept running in and out of his nest.