At WWT Llanelli last weekend
Do take a look at the post about a Willow Warbler
on the Gower Wildlife blog here.
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We took a few days to see some sights in Dorset, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall last week.
The following pictures are mainly from this trip, but there are a few taken at WWT Llanelli on our return.
Spring has arrived, and there is a huge variety of birds and butterflies to be seen.
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I would be delighted if anyone could give us an ID
for the bird below, seen off Hartland Point in Devon.
A Green Finch in Sidmouth...
(below)
(below)
... and a Goldfinch
We watched these Shelducks
from Blue Anchor, near Dunster...
A Pochard at WWT Llanelli...
... and a Tufted Duck
Prospecting: the islands at WWT Llanelli
make a good breeding ground
Is this a Rook?
(I took the shot from a long way away:
we weren't even sure if there was a bird in residence)
I think this may be a Fox Moth caterpillar.
I noticed it on the cliff path at Hartland Point.
Do take a look at the Marsland Moth pages here.
A Speckled Wood butterfly at Hartland Abbey...
... and a Peacock Butterfly
This Red Admiral (below)
was enjoying the sunshine at Blackbury Camp.
It was the first butterfly of 2010 for me!
I wonder what Spring wildlife
you have been enjoying...
1 comment:
I think your mystery bird is a peregrine, though not seeing it in context it could just as easily be a hobby.
I've seen small tortoiseshells and peacocks but no red admirals. Blackcaps are everywhere here, have also seen and heard chiffchaffs. Bullfinches and goldfinches are everywhere but its ages since i ever saw a greenfinch, i wonder why?
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