Anglesey Day four

Fantastic start to the day when the cottage owners messaged to say they'd caught an Eyed Hawk-moth. Simon had it sat on his hand posing for pictures.

Another glorious sunny day meant the beach at Rhosneiger called us again. I took the puppy on a couple of walks into the dunes. Little Egret, Redshank, and Turnstone on the outflow stream. Small Heath, Wall Brown and Common Blue were in the dunes with a lovely range of flowers.

In the evening we walked around the Valley Lakes RSPB reserve. A lovely mix of reeds, lakes and rocky outcrops.

Stonechat families in the scrub, Gadwall and Great Crested Grebe families on the water, plus Little Grebe and Curlew. Highlight was a worn 'blue'  butterfly that posed for some very informative pictures in bright sunlight, looking much browner than in the photos. Will examine further to see whether just Common Blue or possibly Silver-studded or Brown Argus.  More to come later when home but picture from the phone below...

To finish off the day a Green Sandpiper and Snipe showed well on the small ditch near the cottage.