We are just back from a glorious week at the Haven Seashore Caravan Park in Great Yarmouth with my parents to celebrate my birthday.
One sunny afternoon, while my mum watched Freya as she napped, I spent a very happy couple of hours wandering the North Denes snapping photos of butterflies I had never seen before.
That area of the beach is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and is home to, among other things, one of the largest little tern colonies in the country each summer.
For me though, it’s all about the butterflies and there are several different types including grayling, small copper and the common blue, which I think is what my photos are of.
They were easy to spot among the greens and browns of the dunes but quite hard to photograph as they didn’t stay still for long.
It was one of the highlights of the holiday for me.
I also caught this little thing. He was teeny tiny and at first I thought it was a seed blowing in the wind. I think it might be some sort of caddis fly but I had no clue really. Anyone else know?
After The Rain 
Hi Tara, what lovely shots of butterflies! I too would have been in my element, North Denes looks the perfect place to wander with a camera. Sorry I can’t help you with your last picture though, I have no idea what it is.
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Thank you. You would have loved it, I’m sure. Maybe you can come and visit one day with your camera 🙂
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Absolutely beautiful Tara, it looks a perfect place to spot butterflies x
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Thanks, Cathy. We were very lucky because it was the perfect weather for them too.
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Happy Birthday! Beautiful butterfly shots.
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Thank you! I can finally join the post 40 bloggers 😀
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Hurrah!
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I do love butterfly’s, they are so beautiful and colourful, Clio lending a helping hand for Coombe Mill
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Thanks, Clio 🙂
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Stunning photos, I personally like the first photo the most. Beautiful use of focus.
Thank you for linking up
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Thanks, Darren. That’s my favourite too.
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Lovely photos! Happy Belated Birthday!💗
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Thank you! It was a brilliant way to celebrate 🙂
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What beautiful photos – it looks so perfect there. Happy Belated Birthday 🙂 x
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Thank you 🙂
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These are truly fantastic butterflies, some I’ve never seen before. You’ve done a good job capturing them. Well done.
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Thank you. I’d never seen them before either. I actually said “wow” when I saw one up close.
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What wonderful photos, aren’t they such magnificent colours! I have never seen a butterfly like these before =)
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Great pictures Tara x
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Thank you 🙂
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Happy Birthday – and gorgeous photos. It’s so hard to catch a butterfly that still!
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Thank you! I think I was lucky the sun was out and they were enjoying it.
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They are lovely and not so easily seen these days I believe
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Thank you 🙂
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Awww such beauty and lpve the fragile detail of the wings X #mysundayphoto
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Isn’t it amazing? I’d never seen anything like it.
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These are absolutely beautiful! You did so well to capture them. Hope you had a lovely birthday.
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Thank you. I had a brilliant time 🙂
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Oh wow, such beautiful photos and so detailed too #MySundayPhoto
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Thank you 🙂
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These photos are stunning. The top is my absolute fave, it looks so whimsical and pretty.
#MySundayPhoto
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Thank you, it’s my favourite too for the same reasons 🙂
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Such beautiful creature. I got one yesterday but its too far from me. Such a lovely capture Tara! #mysundayphoto
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Thank you. I have a lot of blurry ones too. They move so fast!
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