Wednesday, 20 April 2011

Swaddywell 19/04/11


The bluebells on Heath Rd woods have not quite reached their full intensity but nevertheless provide a beautiful carpet of blue.



A pleasant afternoon walk taking in Swaddywell rewarded me with my first Hobby of the season. He flew in from the south low over the reed beds and then briefly alighted on a birch tree enabling me to get a very hasty shot before i had time to set up the camera better. He looked straight at me before flying over the ridge towards the firing range.






There were plenty of Orange Tip butterflies about. The males intent on courting the pure white females. Very few wild flowers in the pit but they were attracted to the two lilac bushes on the south face of the quarry.

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