David and I made a trip to
Rough Hill in Charnwood where we were hoping to find The Forester moth. The forecast was for sunny periods but when
we arrived it was overcast but warm. We
weren’t sure exactly where to go but Andy Mackay was able to send us a map,
which gave us precise directions and after a short walk we were in the right
meadow. We had seen quite a few Ringlets
and a few Meadow Browns as we walked to the meadow and we found more when we
reached the meadow.
It was a lovely wild meadow
where we also found a single Small Tortoiseshell and several Burnet moths
flying around. I managed to photograph
one of the burnets, which was a Six-spot Burnet and presumably they were all of
that species. We walked along a narrow
path thorough the meadow several times with no sign of a Forester and with
still no sign of the sun we thought we were going to be unlucky. David then said he thought he had one and
sure enough there was a single Forester feeding on some clover but it was in
poor conditions with wings very worn, but at least we had found one.
During our stay, we saw at
least three Buzzards, a Kestrel and two Lesser Black-backed Gulls and heard Jay,
Chiffchaff, Blackcap and Nuthatch.
Needless to say, when we got
back to the car the sun appeared and remained out for the rest of the
afternoon.
The Forester
Six-spot Burnet
Small Tortoiseshell
Ringlet
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