Butterflies

The warm weather has certainly helped our local butterfly population. A couple of years ago I found my first Ringlets locally as part of the species continued expansion into Cheshire. See here.

This year there are more than ever and a walk along the cycle path adjacent to the railway line a few hundred metres from the house was rewarded with good numbers of Ringlets along with Comma, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Green-veined White, Large White, Small White, Speckled Wood, Small Skipper, large Skipper and 2nd generation Holly Blues.

There are also more Grasshoppers than I can ever remember finding locally.