The Juvenile Birder

 The Butterfly Effect! We arrived at Saltholme Statera Energy Operations at 5:25am in hopes of seeing a rare and showy Savi's Warbler, which we dipped earlier this year at RSPB Burton Mere. We walked through the fields to the reedbed. As soon as we arrived to the reedbed, we could hear the distinctive call of the Savi's Warbler . There were two people already there who put me on the bird which was showing incredibly well. We watched it for a while before it flew deeper into the reedbed, out of view. We then set off in search of butterflies.  We arrived at Thrislington NNR at 7:00am. As soon as we entered the meadow we spotted loads of  Meadow Browns fluttering about, including some that landed just a few feet away. Amongst them were a darker butterfly, the Ringlet ! They were just as common and also landed quite close, showing their characteristic features. We then continued through the meadow, only seeing those two butterflies, until there was a viewpoint with a few butt...