Painted Lady. Photo: Mike Kirby

Small Copper. Photo: Mike Kirby

Two photos from Mike sent in telling us:

I visited Stanpit Marsh this morning, 29/08/2024 just to see what might be about and was very pleased to see 4 Small Coppers – a species I’ve not seen many of this year.  Walking back to the car park I spotted this lovely Painted Lady and when I got home to Muscliff there was another waiting for me in the garden.  Fingers crossed there has been a bit of an influx.  As a bonus also saw a migrating Redstart.