patience, grasshopper

04-05-26. May the fourth (be with you.) Not really a forecast or day for something special, but sunny moments, so I opted for a wander round Holyrood. Lots of good specimens being seen there and I thought I'd start at Haggis Knowe where walls had been photo-ed. When I arrived I could not find a wall, but I found Ken and he found a small copper, so that was a good start and pleasant to catch up with Ken. Next on my list was Hunter's Bog for whitethroats and maybe even grasshopper warblers which seemed ambitious. (They are often super-shy.) But not as ambitious as Ken who planned to examine some patches of blaeberry on Whinny Hill in search of green hairstreaks. Chances of him seeing any were slim to none, and possibly considerably worse. However they are discovered every few years so they possibly lurk somewhere on the hill. Richard came across one a few years back after several days combing the thousands of blaeberry patches on Crow Hill. And Phil B famously found one on a gorse bush…