A Couple of Days out into Cumbria

Having been by train down the Cumbrian Coast, we decided to take advantage of some fine weather to visit some of the places we had seen from the train.
We headed towards Workington where we had seen coast views from the train and a couple of  nature reserves seen on maps.
We couldn't find the entrances to the reserves so stopped off at Harrington Harbour for lunch before going back to explore some of the headlands we could see.

We decided to then explore some of the old industrial areas with a walk along the shoreline.

Returning to the car, we found Soldier Beetles on many of the grassland flowers. A few bees, butterflies and moths were seen flying around in the sunshine.

Heading to the wind turbines, the Six Spot Burnett moths were in even greater abundance and we even found some evidence of recent emergence.

Next day the weather stayed fine and so we headed to Bo'ness on Solway Reserve where we often get good sightings of butterflies. It was good to see a group of schoolchildren enjoying a guided cycle ride along the quiet Solway roads (but they all have the Yellow Jersey !!)

The reserve itself was a little bit overgrown with fewer chances of seeing the wildlife and there certainly seemed to be fewer butterflies around. However, we were treated to glimpses of Meadow Browns, Ringlets, Damselflies, Dragonflies and a few Six Spot Burnett moths.

 

 Our motto is: You never know what you might see !!