Yesterday the weathermen were correct as the sun shone for four hours on the north coast of Cornwall during the afternoon so we went to the Upton Towans nature reserve to see the Silver-studded Blues.
My sister and I managed to get lost amongst the dunes,much to the amusement of our partners but disorientation is not nice.
My sister and I managed to get lost amongst the dunes,much to the amusement of our partners but disorientation is not nice.
Upton Towans is a unique habitat with series of sand dunes that eventually take you down to the sea.
Inland one dune looks like another which is why one loses sense of direction
One of my first sightings was this micro moth as yet to be investigated but many grass moths were also in evidence like the Common Grass-veneer
As the weather warmed yesterday afternoon freshly emerged male Silver-studded blues could be found with open wings enjoying the sunshine after such aperiod of wind and rain.
The sun showed these to their best as they gleamed a violet hue,really stunning.
The sun showed these to their best as they gleamed a violet hue,really stunning.
As my sister and I were following the butterflies to the coast line we found 3 or 4 pairs of Silver-studded Blues mating
Yellow Shell moths were plentiful along with Large Skippers,Large White and what looked to me like a female Brimstone.
By the small carpark at the entrance to the reserve I saw a number of these micro moths with the strange name of Nettle-tap Anthophila fabriciana although logic says they were also flying near Nettles.
Arriving back at base in Newquay my sister found this moth on the mobile home called "The Clay" which clearly settled here during the day as the daily routine of checking moths had not found any earlier.
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