So, I went a' hunting pretty little butterflies on two days at two decent sites. I did in fact find various pretty butterflies, just not a sign of the particular species I was looking for.
Rather than dwell on this and other vexations - like getting attacked by a frickin' Horsefly in the first few days of June* - I'm just going to put up pretty pictures and leave it at that.
Green Hairstreak
- first thing seen, a good start!
Orchids, lots of orchids
[nice variation in them, too]
Marshland species abounded
Like Ragged Robin
Keeled Skimmer
Beautiful Demoiselle
Reed Bunting
Meadow Pipit
Skylark
Assorted butterflies..
Speckled Wood
Large White
Green-veined White
Silver Y Moth
Common Blue
Small Copper
Another Green Hairstreak
A Fritillary!
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary
Worth the Stingy Nettles
So, that was the first site. Very nice too, but not exactly what I was after..
But Site 2 had multiple recent sightings.. Surely??
Lots of orchids!
Willow Warbler
Linnet
Yellowhammer
And another
Emperor
Azure Damselfly
Spiders love a COGOF
Broad-bodied Chaser
Ovipositing
Small Heath
And that was the only posing butterfly. There were a lot of GV Whites, Blues, quite a few Brimstones, too, [and I almost got one!] but nowt else stayed put. Oh well.
Ooh, that was a lot of pictures, but some of them weren't bad.
nili nymphalidae carborundum and all that, right?
Mutter mutter mutter...
Be Seeing You...
[[*As I was leaving site 2, so attempting to add injury to insult - but the nosilife shirt won again. :) ]]
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