Wildlife

I have always been passionate about wildlife and conservation and when not photographing people I can often be found out in the countryside and on nature reserves. Though we have of course lost species, we are lucky to still have such a diversity of birds, butterflies and insects in the British countryside. Many species are still under threat, but it is heartening to have met so many like minded people when out and about photographing the natural world.

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Michael Flowers birdwatching classes and walks
Yorkshire Butterfly Conservation
Yorkshire Dragonflies
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
Yorkshire Nature Triangle
Yorkshire Mammal Group
East Yorkshire Birding Forum
Birdguides
Tophill Low Nature Reserve
Yorkshire Red Kites
North Cave Wetlands Nature Reserve
The Wild Bird Cafe - North Cave Wetlands
Paull Holme Strays sightings
Potteric Carr Nature Reserve
Hull Valley Wildlife Group
Spurn Bird Observatory
Mike Robinson Bird Photos
Vince Cowell Photography
Steve Mulligan Bird Photography
David Ware - Wolds Birding
Paul Ashton East Yorkshire Wildlife
Wold Ranger
Beetle Boy's Bio Blog
Rory Selvey (age 13) Wildlife Photography
Kill the Badger Cull
The Brown Hairstreak Blog
Africa Gomez Bugblog
Zilch - eliminating litter
Keep Britain Tidy
Plantlife
Buglife

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Wednesday, 4 September 2013

Southern Grizzled Skipper and Mallow Skipper

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There are several Pyrgus species in France but this looks to me to be the Southern Grizzled Skipper(Pyrgus malvoides), almost identical to our own Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus malvae). However, Malvoides is double brooded which explains my sightings in August. Malvae is an early spring butterfly in the UK.

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Again, there are several similar looking Carcharodus Skippers, but I believe my sightings are Mallow Skipper (Carcharodus alceae) and not the very similar Tufted Marbled Skipper (Carcharodus flocciferus). My sightings of Skippers were lower down the mountains on scrubby patches of wild flowers.

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