Yesterday’s Marmalade hoverfly resting in cloudy intervals, ready to take to the air again as the sunlight increased. #CumbriaWildlife

Weekend here - pull up a chair & join me in August edition of @CumbriaMagazine taking a closer look at nature in its gathering rush around town rooftops, quiet hoverings in sunlit yards & out into the moult silenced woods, fellsides & late season uplands (Cover: Dalesman/Cumbria)

Late walking: continuing Lakes drizzle & the slow paced other world of whorled wall inhabitants animate the otherwise still night….

Amber snail on a dock leaf, along a damp verge & ditched habitat for #WildWebsWednesday - Eden Valley, North Lakes

Earlier, today’s #BigButterflyCount included Small White & a season-worn Ringlet butterfly, along a flower-rich verge, merging into woodland edge - Eden Valley, North Lakes Butterfly Conservation 🦋

A fantastic 521,740 butterflies and moths have been recorded so far by 33,597 citizen scientists (YOU) across the UK! 🎉🦋

There are still 2 weeks left to let us know how butterflies are faring where you live. 💚

Take part today 👉 butrfli.es/3vrfjqT

Late walking: the edges & hedges active in the late dusk - verges & #CumbriaWildlife

Saturday’s RGS-IBG North West walk joining The Wainwright Society for a visit onto Clough Head - big upland vistas & the micro-landscapes of the fellside - perspectives on the weave and weft of northern montane geographies @RGS_IBG

The first flowering Goldenrod, in time for #DaisyFamily challenge for this week’s #WildflowerHour from an Eden Valley verge, North Lakes

Upland geography on Clough Head, with RGS-IBG North West - rising from valley to summit through the flora of place: Betony, Meadowsweet, Sneezewort, Great Willowherb, Common valerian, Selfheal, Marsh woundwort, Knapweed, Spearwort, Tormentil, Ivy-leaved Crowfoot, Heath Bedstraw, Bilberry

Taking a close upland focus on the strewn montane boulders, on flanks of Clough Head, Lake District yesterday with RGS-IBG North West - including lichens: Stereocaulon vesuvianum, Cladonia Sp. - pixie cups, Cladonia portentosa &, @RGS_IBG the apt Map lichen - Rhizocarpon geographicum

A good The Wainwright Society and RGS-IBG North West @RGS_IBG walk on Clough Head.Better weather conditions than expected 👍Also managed to include Threlkeld Mining Museum and pre Roman settlement on Threlkeld Knotts😉Phil Houghton Jonathan Stevens Mark Richards Alfred Wainwright Books & Memorabilia Visit Eden Beth Pipe

Introducing our species of the day: The Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)! 🦋

This butterfly lives up to its name, fluttering gracefully in partially shaded woodlands with dappled sunlight. 🌞🌳

One to record on the #BigButterflyCount 👉 bigbutterflycount.org

A damp start in the North Lake District, but the first flowers of a clump of Goldenrod brightening a lane verge, earlier, under low cloud & drizzle

Marmalade hoverfly resting on purple toadflax leaf, between sunny & cloudy intervals for this week’s #WildWebsWednesday - Northern Lake District

Green lane with Field scabious (& visiting Common Carder Bumblebee) #hairyplants for this week’s #Wildflowerhour from North Lake District

Nice to find an impressive Hornbeam on a new route, earlier, with its deeply marked leaves and distinctive winged seed clusters - Eden valley #CumbriaWildlife

Very wet & blustery day - grey, but tinged at the edges with light - like this Common Footman moth sheltering on a grassy verge, earlier today - Eden Valley #CumbriaWildlife