A trip to Alners Gorse & Lydlinch Common
Visited Alners Gorse & Lydlinch Common Sunday just gone in the search of butterflies to macro/shoot close up. The day started off sunny though breezy, turning cloudy towards the end. There were several different species of butterfly on the wing at Alners Gorse, a selection of which are pictured here.
The walk down the slope to the main area of the reserve provided the best shots of the day. The wind become a significant factor in the main section as keeping the subject in the frame proved difficult.
This year there were a lot more than usual whites & small skippers.
The Large White (Pieris brassicae), both portrait and landscape.
The Small Skipper ( Thymelicus sylvestris)
I managed to also capture the Comma (Polygonia c-album) & the Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus).
I did also spot a couple of Purple Hairstreaks (Neozephyrus quercus) at the far end of the reserve however due to the conditions & also a Silver-washed Fritillary deciding to air bomb the only one to rest close down this was the best I could get.
On the return trip stopped off at Lydlinch Common only to find few butterflies, thought there were a lot of Labyrinth Spiders (Agelena labyrinthica) in their tunnel webs. It also so happened that the one that I got down to take had an unfortunate victim.
The spider approaching the victim
and the spider over its victim
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