Monday, May 28, 2018
It was hot and dusty up the quarry road - just the place for a walk on probably the warmest day of the year so far! But I was hunting butterflies and dragonflies and this has proved as good a site as any.
While we decide what to do about my ruined Canon, we've brought the Nikon Coolpix P90 back into service, which was always extra good for close work on small creatures. There were very few butterflies however, and the only dragonfly I managed to snap was a four-spotted chaser - one of several.
The sound of a wood warbler singing took me completely by surprise, and it was quite a while before I could see where it was. Between bouts of singing it flitted about catching insects, frequently melting into the green gloom of the woodland light - dappled and filtered through layers of birch leaves.
The wood warbler was still singing when I left. Also heard or seen on my walk: willow warbler, spotted flycatcher, tree pipit, mistle thrush, chaffinch, sand martin, cuckoo.
// posted by Christine @ 2:46 PM 
