Having seen the marsh fritillary butterflies on the wing at Finglandrigg earlier in the week click here, we decided that, having seen a marsh frit caterpillar at Eycott earlier in the year click here, we should check the state of play on the reserve. There were no fritillaries - either small pearl-borderd or marsh, on the wing as the reserve is still well behind other sites, as it is at a higher altitude. There were lots of small heaths, as well as a single small copper and the bog bean was spectacular. There were lots of cuckoo flower and some marsh marigolds out too, showing that we are not, really fully into summer.
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| Looking past Eycott Hill towards Blencathra. |
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| Mountain pansies...and below.... |
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| Cotton grass. |
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| Bog bean - and below. |
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| Small heath. |
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| Small copper. |
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| Damselfly. |
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