I had a wander over the old colliery spoil at Manmoel yesterday and saw at least three Grayling. Also, several Common Blue, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown and a couple of Brown China Mark moths on the lush vegetation around the small ponds.
Nice photo's Richard. I always remember seeing Grayling around certain coal spill sites years ago. A very unconventional butterfly which tended to hunker-down close to the ground- brilliantly camouflaged to the point you had to nearly step on one to get it to move, to discover it's position.
Yes they do sit very tight and like a few other species, almost fold wings horizontally to the ground when there is a breeze. Funny thing that happened when I flushed an individual was that it settled on my trousers - of course it flew off before I could get a photograph!
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Nice photo's Richard.
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A very unconventional butterfly which tended to hunker-down close to the ground- brilliantly camouflaged to the point you had to nearly step on one to get it to move, to discover it's position.
Yes they do sit very tight and like a few other species, almost fold wings horizontally to the ground when there is a breeze. Funny thing that happened when I flushed an individual was that it settled on my trousers - of course it flew off before I could get a photograph!
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