Day 5 - 30 Days Wild - Birds, Butterflies & Bunnies

*Today's random act of wildness - Birds, Butterflies & Bunnies*

Day 5 of #30DaysWild and another scorching day in South Wales with temperatures reaching 20°C.

We (Dan and I) decided we didn't want to travel far so we visited The Quays, Briton Ferry, Neath Port Talbot. It'a an interesting place on the mouth of the River Neath where it enters Swansea Bay. There are lots of industrial buildings there, but also a sand dune system called 'Baglan Burrows' - it's a real shame that this is not a SSSI like Crymlyn Burrows which is just across the river as we saw lots of wildlife in the few hours we were there.

I read on Facebook a few weeks ago a short eared owl was spotted here, so that was our aim to look out for that. Unfortunately we didn't get to see the owl, but we saw lots of other birds & bugs instead...

Here's Wildling enjoying the view of the docks and the river Neath


BIRDS...

I am not sure if this is a linnet or a twite? If anyone knows can you help me out

Female Stonechat

Male Stonechat

Goldfinch

Male Stonechat

Female Linnet

Male Linnet

Oystercatchers nesting in industrial water pipes

Other birds we saw but didn't get pics are heron, blackbird, sparrow, blue tit, song thrush, gulls, starlings, jackdaws, carrion crow, meadow pipit, swallow and a very surprising lapwing.

BUTTERFLIES...

What a find - a Mother Shipton moth - The moth is named after Old Mother Shipton, a 16th century Yorkshire witch. 
Thanks to Stuart Pike for his help in identify it - check out his #30DaysWild blog here

Common Blue

Painted Lady

Small Blue

Common Blue 

Common Blue female butterfly

Small white moth

Lackey moth caterpillars (lots of them!)

BUNNIES!

Bunnies (Lots!)

Even more bunnies!

My partner in crime Dan ❤ - who is also doing #30DaysWild through his Flickr account
Check it out here!