Orange is the Colour

My first sighting of the Orange Tip Butterfly this year also resulted in a few shots as well.

This male was very obliging.

The Comma Butterfly observed a few times already - Well its kind of orange.

Footnote : A Few already.

Chiffchaff - The Homemaker

I discovered this Chiffchaff and its mate collecting nest material while on my walk.

They are certainly getting on with it already and not wasting any time.

More Treecreeper

Woodland Wonder

I always look forward to visiting a local wood to see the Wood Anemones at this time of year.

Peacock Butterfly on the Wing

I found and photographed three of this species in the last few days.

They appeared to have overwintered well. I believe by their actions, that they were all males.

This species emerge as a butterfly in July and lasts through Winter hibernation until the next Spring.

Mainly a woodland edge butterfly and common throughout out most of UK.

Chasing the Sound of the Blackcap

Chasing the sound of the Blackcap, quite a mobile activity.

The Blackcap has returned to the area now that Spring is here. I spent a morning in a small woodland area where I could here a Blackcap singing. At this time the males are singing away and searching for the first females to arrive. Its somewhat of a mobile activity trying to locate the males in order to take some photographs. You wait until they sing again and go to that area, by which time they have moved 75 to 100 metres away in another part of the wood. Then you go to that area and again the bird is absent. They will at times go deep into bushes as well, which is very unhelpful.

Here are a some shots I took of the same male after much chasing about.