Tuesday 11 August 2015

Copper For Kathryn

Warm sunshine this morning. I picked out the Caspian Gull roosting with Herring and Great Black Baked Gulls on the last exposed sand as the tide rushed into the estuary. The rising tide kept the flock moving, birds settling then standing up and walking further up the shore.
Good to compare the Caspian Gull with good numbers of adult Herring Gulls..

Back on The Braid the warm sunshine had tempted a few butterflies out, its been a poor year really for me but Small Tortoiseshell, Large White, Meadow Brown and a lovely Small Copper drifted between the Knapweed, Yarrow and Creeping Thistle.



2 comments:

  1. Nice back light on the little fella there...

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  2. oh aye, took me ages to get the butterfly in the right spot for that effect

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