Not much going on this weekend. Heard about a site in Bedfordshire that has an impressive number of Dark Green Fritillarys, and promptly headed there on Sunday morning.
After spending 20 minutes at the car park looking for my car keys (they were in the tailgate lock above my head as I searched my pockets and emptied the car boot several times in bewilderment!) I headed off across the reserve and was lucky enough to find one of the butterflies land on a thistle head a few metres away. Got superb views but no photo. Saw about 5 other DGFs, but all in flight, and nothing to compare with the initial view. Plenty of other Butterflies about including Marbled White, Small Heath and Comma.
Have now seen 4 new butterfly species this year (others being Dingy Skipper, Small Blue, and Wood White), and am back on track for seeing 8 new species. Any 4 from Grayling, Silver Studded Blue, Silver Washed Fritillary, Lulworth Skipper, or Monarch would do nicely! I have a slim chance of the last two on holidays planned for the next couple of months. |
