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| Painted lady |
It's that time of year again. Summer has gone but it's a little soon for the winter visitors. What has pleased me most over the past couple of weeks was the arrival of a painted lady on the diminutive sprig of buddleia I imported from Dumfries in March, when I scarcely believed it would flourish at all. Before it finally gave up the ghost a few days back it was also visited briefly by a small tortoiseshell, so that all four common nymphalidae have appeared on it and I view that as quite an achievement.
There should be a good deal of buddleia around by next September.
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| Deer? |
Apart from that it has been bits and bobs, a red admiral here and there and a continuing abundance of speckled wood including one in quite low temperatures today. I did do a visit to the bird hide at Gibside and saw more or less what you'd expect to see around feeders - tits, nuthatch, woodpecker and grey squirrel.
This animal did however give me a bit of a scare when I saw it out of the corner of my eye. It must have been because the antlers are real.
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