Today we made our annual pilgrimage to Pendle Hill in the hope of finding Dotterel. We weren't disappointed, with two of these enigmatic birds just below the summit, which was earily shrouded in mist (hence the foggy looking photos!). They were quite tame, and in the fog we struggled to find them until we almost tripped over them, but once we had found them, they carried on feeding, almost oblivious to our presence.
On the way up we failed to see any of the reported Ring Ouzels, but we did see good numbers of Green Hairstreak butterflies, feeding on the Bilberry, which is a larval foodplant. A breathtakingly colourful sight!
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