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So we're all packed and ready for our Greek adventure...my next gatekeeper will be a passport officer at the airport! Wishing everyone a happy 10 days or so...thanks again for all your support my lovely friends, I'll enjoy a catch up when we're back :)
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Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus)
23 July 2019
Cuttle Pool Nature Reserve, Warwickshire Wildlife Trust, Temple Balsall
Macro Mondays - Animals
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I thought this was a Meadow Brown, but on checking the www, I think it is a Gatekeeper.
Open, it's wingspan is 4cm, but closed like this, only about 2cm.
Been struggling to get out recently, weather and spare time definitely working against me. 10min the front garden this morning is the only opportunity this weekend........... got to make some serious efforts to get out and do better
1/1000. F4.5. ISO200
The Gatekeeper or Hedge Brown is most commonly found in southern and eastern Britain and coastal areas of south and south-east Ireland. It is also found in the Channel Islands, but not in Scotland nor the Isle of Man. This worn male was found on heathland in Devon.
The canals were quiet allowing the duckweed to thrive along the banks. Very different than the canal in the previous image from another part of the world.
Ahead, the old locks wait like sturdy gatekeepers, ready to lift boats on their journey. I understand that this year the extreme dry conditions have shut down much of the Leeds Liverpool canal line and I hope that things resolve soon.
Please enjoy the quiet details in Large.
Thank you so much for your visit!
This year I've spotted several Gatekeeper butterflies (also called Hedge brown) in my garden. 'Spotted' is the correct word here: the two white spots in the black spot on the wings. We have more Meadow browns, and that butterfly usually has just one white spot (or 'pupil') in the black spot. Also, the Gatekeeper is a bit smaller and it rests with its wings open, which gave me the opportunity to take a photo of a Gatekeeper with open wings. I'll post that one later.
I had a little one to one chat with this Gatekeeper. We discussed the perils of getting caught in a spider web. It thanked me for the rescue, and went on it's way.
My wife bought this figurine at the begin of our relationship, many decades ago. It normally sits on top of our kitchen cabinet. We had a chat about what the meaning of this wooden sculpture might be in the context of our relationship, and she did not know why she bought it but that she had followed her intuition, a feeling as it were. Something beyond words. By putting this wood carving on a gate I have assigned it some meaning that might come close to what she had felt: the need for gatekeepers. They are gatekeepers meant to prevent anything harmful entering our lives. That is okay with me, of course. Naturally, a wood carving is a wood carving and nothing else. It does not have "agency". However, what counts is not matter but spirit. The emotional load we have invested in this sculpture. It is back now on top of the kitchen cabinet. Leica M Mono, Leitz Elmar 4/135.