A look up to Bishop Middleham Quarry a couple of weeks ago produced some canny butterflies unfortunately I’m not sure if I have Brown Argus or Northern Brown Argus or a mixture of both. There was a profusion of Bee Orchids, I have never seen as many and, once again, I took far too many pictures.
Dark Green Fritillary.
These next few is where I fall down, Brown or Northern
Brown Argus?
Common Blue Butterfly.
Female Common Blue Butterfly.
Dingy Skipper.
Six-spot Burnet Moths.
Bee Orchid.
08.01.24 I could not resist a drive to Bishop Middleham for the Baikal Teal which is a lifer for me. Although it was a little black dot on the water (it was miles away from where we were) I did manage to pick it up thanks to a couple of gentlemen who let me look through their scopes. While at Bishop Middleham I went for the long staying Hawfinch which showed reasonably well in the top of a tree but I wish I had a blue sky behind it.
This is a 200% crop of the original image of the
Baikal Teal and it still looks like a dot.
Hawfinch.
23.06.22 Two quarries Bishop Middleham and Wingate. The former for Northern and Brown Argus butterflies and of course Orchids I’m not sure I managed to find the Northern variety though. The latter for Marbled White butterflies. The sun was shining so it was difficult to get the butterflies at rest however I did manage a few shots.
Dark Green Fritillary a nice surprise at Bishop
Middleham.
Brown Argus butterfly.
Another Brown Argus.
A couple of Brown Argus.
The nearest I may have come to a Northern Brown Argus
looking at the small white spot.
Male Common Blue butterfly.
Female Common Blue.
Dingy Skipper.
Large Skipper.
Yellow Shell moth.
Grasshopper.
Bee Orchid. I found quiet a few around the quarry.
A few more Orchids.
Marbled White butterfly.
