Saturday 26 May 2018

Chorlton Waterpark Butterfly and Moth Walk - Saturday 26th May 10am-12noon

The event was run by the City of Trees team ( www.heritagetrees.org.uk). Other events coming up include Orchids and Dragonflies.

WEATHER: Overcast but warm, intermittant sunny spells. Breezy.

First of all both Tom's and my camera failed, both with battery issues. I wouldn't mind but I had 4 more fully charged batteries at home 😖, so all images are taken with a phone and I couldn't actually see the screen.

Not many butterflies as it was windy however when the sun came out we saw quite a few female orange tips and a couple of males. The female has black tips and the male has the orange tips on its wings. Lots of a small moth that turned out to be a day flyer called a Silver Ground Carpet Moth.

Dave showing us a Silver Y Moth

 Close up of Silver Y Moth

Elephant Hawkmoth

Damselfly

Tom looking for stuff for his collection case

Bluetailed Damselfly

Damselfly female

Tom writing down his findings

Marsh Orchid

Alder Beetle, lives on Alder leaves, look at the other leaf and you can see orange eggs

St George's Mushrooms, edible apparently.

Rare for GTR MCR, Spotted Medik, little yellow flowers, and black spots on the leaves.
Part of the clover family.

Finally a Speckled Wood Butterfly

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