Butterfly Bonanza
After some very poor summers for Butterflies this year has been absolutely perfect with long periods of sunshine and heat. Whilst walking through the Caledonian pines in Speyside a few weeks ago a shaft of light attracted over a dozen Scotch Argus butterflies and I stood there with them all flitting around my head! Closer to home in the Pennines I had more than twenty Wall Browns in one locality together plus Peacocks, Green Veined and even a Painted Lady. Click here
The first clear signs of Autumn have been twenty Mistle Thrushes feeding on Rowans and a Kingfisher back fishing on our local canal.
Published by
Gordon Yates
Updated on
August 26, 2018
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Alongside filmmaking, Gordon has earned recognition in still photography competitions with the BBC, RSPB, Scottish Wildlife, and the Scottish Ornithologists’ Club — using his trusted Pentax equipment. One of his proudest achievements was seeing ten minutes of his work broadcast by Granada Television — a milestone in a lifetime dedicated to wildlife storytelling. Today, he continues capturing the natural world with his Canon EOS 7D and Canon XM2 digital camcorder.