Lynchcombe Steps
Lynchcombe views are the best in Somerset. Today, with its beautiful blue sky, and fluffy white clouds, the views were at their summer best. So I had to take way to many landscape photographs. Here are a few…
Lynchcombe – Somerset, UK.
Lynchcombe – Somerset, UK.
Lynchcombe – Somerset, UK.
Painted Lady
I saw a Painted Lady (Vanessa card) for the first time this year. I expected to see them earlier. It reminded me of the huge numbers of these butterflies we had have a few years ago.
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) – Lynchcombe, Somerset, UK.
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) – Lynchcombe, Somerset, UK.
Mites
I walked the butterfly transect and I was surprised by the number of red mites (Trombidium breei) on the Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina) butterflies. Far more than I’ve seen before.
Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina) – Lynchcombe, Somerset, UK.
I have seen these mites before, and they are not rare, but in the past they have been mainly on Marbled White (Melanargia calathea) such as those below I photographed a few years ago at Hatch Hill in Somerset.
Marbled White (Melanargia galathea) – Hatch Hill, Somerset, UK.
Marbled White (Melanargia galathea) – Hatch Hill, Somerset, UK.
Old Age
Many Meadow Browns were getting rather old. I’m amazed how much energy these pale and ragged butterflies have.
Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina) – Lynchcombe, Somerset, UK.
And finally…
Returning back to the car through the Deerleap field I saw this tree and enjoyed the idea that it was puffing out the clouds like a steam train.
Puffing Tree – Deerleap, Somerset, UK.
