A hot day at Spurn Head

A scorching day in Spurn Head, we park near the YWT information centre. Just after parking we find a common lizard (Lacerta vivipara), quite tame, climbing over the grass and a small sea buckthorn bush. There are lots of grasshoppers today, calling and mating. Migrating swallows are everywhere as well, settling in large groups on the wires and passing over our heads on their way south. On a buddleia next to one of the houses, a bunch of Red Admirals, a Peacock, a Small Tortoiseshell and a Common Blue feed together. Most of the common blues feed on bird's foot trefoil, though, and more Small Tortoiseshells on ragwort. The highlight of the day is a delightful weasel, who scuttles under a door, only to reappear a couple of seconds later. It is just a couple of meters away from where I am standing, it gives me the chance to take some shots and watch its nervous comings and goings for a few minutes. There is always something interesting going on at Spurn!

Mayweed (Matricaria)

Swallows

 spot the Common lizard

 A Gannet skeleton washed up on the beach

 Common Blue in buddleia

 The lighthouse rising over the mud flats

 Small Tortoiseshells and Small White on ragwort

 Common blue on bird's foot trefoil

 Grasshoppers mating

 Common mallow (Malva sylvestris)

The relatively new pond next to the Blue Bell