Tuesday 22nd May 2012 - The Wyre Forest

First up, just to let you all know, I am going to try my hardest to get up to date with my blog posts this week.  As it happens my car is in for bodywork repair this week so I won't be able to just jump in the motor and go birding!  So, the plan is to get a number of those jobs that I say I'm going to do but never seem to get round too and this includes getting back up to date with the blog.  Anyway enough of that, on with the post....

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Late morning I decided to pay a visit to an area of the Shropshire part of the Wyre Forest known as Postensplain.  Here, I walk a circuit of rides that surround the rocket testing facility.  Its great fun if the sirens go off followed by a ground shaking bang!  It is a quite area of the forest and is a good place to catch up with some of the local speciality species of butterfly.

During the walk I managed to record 17 Pearl-bordered Fritillary,  4 Grizzled Skipper, 5 Dingy Skipper, 7 Speckled Wood, 1 Brimstone and 2 Peacocks.  The butterflies were so active due to the hot weather and sunshine that I didn't manage to get the greatest of photos but, I will share them all the same.

Day flying moths were also apparent with Brown Silver-Line and Speckled Yellow both present.

On the walk I also noted 1 singing Tree Pipit, 1 Wood Warbler, 3 Garden Warblers and 3 Common Buzzard.  A personal highlight was seeing a stunning Fox just casually ambling along the ride in the sunshine...seemingly without a care in the world (that made two of us!)

Pearl-bordered Fritillary

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Grizzled Skipper

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Dingy Skipper

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Brown Silver-line

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Speckled Yellow