Monday week ago I had a lovely meander around Lavernock Nature Reserve, a local Wildlife Trust site perched on a cliff-top high above Lavernock Point and St Mary’s Well Bay on the edge of the Bristol Channel. It was a warm sunny day so I was hoping for lots of butterflies, and I was certainly not disappointed. In fact, I was thrilled when checking one of the places where I’d previously seen this particular butterfly species, to have my first Dingy skipper of the year pop up to defend its little piece of dirt. And, since then, I’ve also seen more – four one day, one the next – during walks around Cosmeston Lakes Country Park.
Alas, another butterfly I have never seen. I understand that they are somewhat thin on the ground (and elsewhere) in my local patch (North-Western Yorkshire Dales). That is an excellent image you have captured there. Were you using a macro and/or stacking?
We certainly don’t see a lot of these little Dingies and, with their colouring, they are also easily missed.
Thanks re the photo. No macro or stacking. Just checked the details: f4, 1/800th sec, 146mm, taken on my Lumix. 🙂