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Thursday, September 15, 2016

RIVACRE VALLEY NATURE PARK

I walked around my local nature park this morning, hoping to photograph the resident Kingfishers and any Butterflies that were around. The weather was beautiful, and it was nice to have the reserve to myself before the dog walkers arrived. Two Red Admirals were seen as soon as I started walking down the path.




 Red Admiral

Reaching the bottom of the valley, the sun started to break through the trees, which was a beautiful and peaceful sight.




Walking out into the fields, I soon found four Commas by the path and a Tortoiseshell.





Comma
Small Tortoiseshell

Moving on further up the valley and walking back down again, the Kingfishers were not relocated, but it was nice to photograph the Commas.