We drove to Littleferry this morning to visit it for the first time in almost a month, to find the bell heather just past its best, the ling hardly started, and no sign at all of the northern marsh orchids which must have died back quickly after our last visit.
While we were there we carried out a survey for the Big Butterfly Count, not helped at all by the weather which featured a stiff northwesterly and a temperature which struggled to get above 16.5C. Despite this, and in the occasional sunny interval, we identified a total of three common blues and seven small heaths (above) - unfortunately not a species included in the Big Count - a disappointing variety of species considering the time of year.
We drove to Littleferry this morning to visit it for the first time in almost a month, to find the bell heather just past its best, the ling hardly started, and no sign at all of the northern marsh orchids which must have died back quickly after our last visit.
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