A fabulous grayling butterfly, I've found these lovely butterflies both on sand dunes and limestone areas. Very quick,and when they land if you take your eye off them their camouflage will hide them eternally!

It's a #butterfly day! 🤩😍🎉🦋 Spurred on by @wildflowerhour.bsky.social's #ByTheSea challenge we headed to #StAnnes, and enjoyed grayling's dancing round us. Great camouflage and a very pretty open wing that I **almost** got a photo of 🤣 @savebutterflies.bsky.social #FyldeSandDunes

The fabulous seed heads of salsify, hare's tail grass and fluffy kidney vetch

Salsify seed heads, hare's tale grass and fluffy kidney vetch from #FyldeSandDunes for this week's #hairyplants challenge. #Wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

A tiny moth enjoying the beautiful pyramidal orchids last week

#WildWebsWednesday I think this is a white dusted runner moth enjoying the pyramidal orchids last Thursday, happy to be corrected #FyldeSandDunes #MothsMatter #Lancashire @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Such a tiny beauty I think a lime speck moth hiding in the grass last week

#WildWebsWednesday with I think a lime speck pug moth seen last Thursday at #FyldeSandDunes Happy to be corrected. #MothsMatter @savebutterflies.bsky.social #Lancashire

These bright day flying moths have red underwings that match their spots!

#MacroMonday & #MothMonday combined, with a fabulous 6 spot burnet moths admiring an equally fabulous pyramidal orchid at #FyldeSandDunes last Thursday. @macrohour.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social #vitaminN

Macro shot of a marsh helleborine showing the delicate pink throat stripes and the yellow frill on the tongue

These enjoy growing in the Lancashire sand dunes

Lots all flowering together

For this week's #WildflowerHour #HelleborineChallenge stunning Marsh Helleborine, in much better numbers at #FyldeSandDunes on Thursday. Very pretty flowers, I love the stripes in the mouth and their delicate pink colouring. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #bloomscrolling

A green flower in a green place, this one was maybe the size of a 12 inch ruler, hard to spot amongst grass the same height and higher, but very pleased I did!

For this week's #WildflowerHour #HelleborineChallenge the tricky to find Dune Helleborine, I only managed to find this one at #FyldeSandDunes on Thursday. Thankfully it was in flower! @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #bloomscrolling

A beautiful white satin moth, with shiny satin wings and stripy legs.

#MothMonday with a fabulous White Satin #moth at #FyldeSandDunes on Friday evening, it was being blown so much it landed on me, I thought for a while I'd a friend for life! Lovely stripey legs. #MothsMatter @savebutterflies.bsky.social #vitaminN #Lancashire

common spotted, northern marsh & pyramidal orchids, a huge salsify seed head, kidney vetch, Duke of Argyll's tea plant, crown vetch and sea holly. White satin and narrow bordered 5 spot burnet moth

#WildflowerHour from #FyldeSandDunes on Friday night, common spotted, northern marsh & pyramidal orchids, a huge salsify seed head, Duke of Argyll's tea plant and sea holly. #Lancashire @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social Crown vetch and kidney vetch for #PeaFamily

Bedding in plugs of Marram grass on the sand dunes to help consolidate the new dunes as they build up

Bedding in plugs of Marram grass on the sand dunes to help consolidate the new dunes as they build up

A couple of weeks after all the Christmas trees were buried on St Annes beach to encourage new sand dunes, we were back. Today was about planting Marram grass on the exposed patches to consolidate the accumulated sand.
#FyldeSandDunes #LancashireWildlifeTrust #conservation

A group of people in hi vis jackets planting old Christmas trees into the sand on a beach, under a clear blue sky

A large hydraulic tractor trailer tipping a big pile of old Christmas trees onto the beach

Two rows of old Christmas trees planted into the sand at St Anne's beach. The trees are laid at 45 degree angles in a deep trench which is then back-filled with sand. Only the top half of the trees can be seen sticking out. A group of people in hi vis jackets are working in the distance.

Glorious day for planting Christmas trees with the #FyldeSandDunes Project at St Anne's Beach ☀️🌲 Christmas trees donated by the community are planted in the sand to encourage the development of new dunes. Incredible #conservation work being carried out by project partners and the #community 👏

First day of this year's Christmas tree re-purposing on St Annes beach. Great weather (which helps) and plenty of hard work put in by the volunteers today. We should see these buried trees become sand dunes in the next few weeks/months. #FyldeSandDunes #LancashireWildlifeTrust #conservation

A pair of narrow bordered burnet moths enjoying common spotted orchids. FyldeSandDunes

#FlutterbyFriday meets #FlowersOnFriday from 13th June 2023, with a pair of narrow bordered burnet #moths enjoying common spotted #orchids. #savebutterflies #FyldeSandDunes #MothsMatter #vitaminN #UKButterflies