18 July 2025 - Hollingworth Lake

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Butterflies, Dingy Footman

The weather's been consistently hot and sunny lately, and this morning was no exception. A good walk round didn't produce any birds of note, but on Ragwort near the pond on Rakewood Road there was a Dingy Footman.

Further round, just by the track up to Peanock Farm, where there are a couple of Buddleia bushes, there was a great selection of butterflies feeding together, including 1 Painted Lady, 1 Wall Brown, 1 Gatekeeper, 2 Comma, c.5 Red Admiral, c.12 Peacock, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Meadow Brown and several each of Small and Large White.

Painted Lady, 1/500 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 200 (view full size image)

Comma, 1/500 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 500 (view full size image)

Peacock Red Admiral, 1/640 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 640 (view full size image)

Wall Brown, 1/500 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 400 (view full size image)