I appear to have done something to my knee, obviously nothing to do with the party last night where we ended up 'reeling' to the Dashing White Sergeant….. anyway I hobbled around the garden and fields today in protest that my knee was telling me to give up.... a good day for butterflies.. Despite the fields being mown at the wrong time of year to let a true wildflower meadow develop, there's still a good number of butterflies over the shortened grass where there is at least a reasonable amount of Yellow Rattle which holds some promise that other flowers will develop in the rather rich grass. Also the in the hedge that separates the fields many
Meadow Brown and
Gatekeepers were well into double figures, with a couple of Ringlet and single Small Copper, Large Skipper and a single male Common Blue. The garden had numerous
Large and
Small Whites a couple of
Peacock, Red Admiral and a
Holly Blue. A Southern Hawker was in the Sheep field.
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| Common Blue |
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| Underside of Common Blue |
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| Holly Blue |
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| Holly Blue underside |
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| Small Copper |
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| Peacock |
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| Red Admiral |
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| Southern Hawker |
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