Brown Hairstreak
Brown Hairstreak
Brown Hairstreak
Brimstone
Spotted Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
I've had a few trips to Grafton Wood this Autumn as it's handy location is only a few miles over the border from Salford Priors. I have seen a family of Spotted Flycatcher there a number of times, it's been great to see the young birds calling for food from their parents.
The local rarity is the Brown Hairstreak butterfly which attracts visitors from many miles. Sightings have been extremely limited. The amazing conservation work has spread the butterflies around the wood making them much harder so see.
Thankfully on Friday (after a great deal of searching) I found two females low down on their favoured blackthorn laying eggs before taking flight. The wood attracted many visitors on Saturday but sighting still remained limited.
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