I originally published this post on Tuesday afternoon but it seems that blogger is up to it's old tricks once again and it's not 'showing'
So, I've re-jigged and re-posted it in the hope that you can all 'see' it now!!
For a
change the weather for the long bank holiday weekend was, for the most part,
bright and sunny with a mostly blue sky. The temperature was around a comfortable
17° - 18°C mark (I don't like it too warm!). Apart from Monday, when there was
a chilly wind blowing, the conditions were right for a spot of butterfly
watching.
The local
reports were giving information that there were good butterfly numbers showing
at a place where I'd never fully explored before...Bison Hill, about seven
miles from home, on the chalk escarpment of the Chiltern Hills in Bedfordshire.
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| Butterfly Country |
The
reports were right there were butterflies on the wing everywhere..
Green
Hairstreak (callophrys rubi)
Duke Of
Burgundy Fritillary (hamearis lucina)...a butterfly I'd never seen before!
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| female |
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| male |
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| male |
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| female |
Dingy
Skipper (erynnis tages)
Grizzled
Skipper (pyrgus malvae)
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| male |
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| female |
Small
Heath (coenonympha pamphilus)...as always, skulking low down in the
grass!
Just a
part of the panoramic view looking out from the top of the hill over the Vale
of Aylesbury.
Not to be
outdone by the butterflies a couple of day flying moths were on the wing.
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| Common Carpet (epirrhoe alternata) |
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| Cinnabar (tyria
jacobaeae) |
And to
round off two good days of butterflying ....whilst I was relaxing in the garden
on Sunday evening, enjoying a welcome glass of wine, a butterfly settled on one
of the shrubs about six feet away from me, as if it was saying 'don't forget
me'...
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| A well worn Holly Blue (celastrina argiolus) |
And
today?...It's raining yet again!!
10 comments:
HI Trevor... Well worth the second effort, for these are super-super fine shot's of some stunning, butterflies and moth's !!
The Green Hairstreak standing on his head is a goody, and "the Duke" was a great find!!
Love the panoramic of the country side, just so rich in it spring colors!!
Hope this blogger crap gets straightened out for you!! : ))))
Grace
Hi Grace...Glad you got to see this...at last!
I was pleased to find some good butterflies, especially the Duke of Burgundy, a new tick!
The view from the top of the hill is fabulous...when the sun shines!...lol.
As for blogger...the least said the better!...[;o)
Trevor,i have never heard of these butterfies, you have done well in finding and showing them , well done. I will have to keep my eyes open .
peter
So glad this didn't slip past, (naughty Blogger service,tut-tut)I'm going to have to come back to this in a few days I think, great images Trevor
Peter,thank you. They take a bit of finding sometimes! The two Skippers are very small, just over an inch wingspan, and they fly just like moths, so next time you see a 'moth' fluttering low over the grass take a second look...you never know!!...[;o)
Douglas, thank you...Glad you found it!...[;o)
I did see it on Tuesday, but it was nice to see it again Trevor.{:))
What a great couple of days. I can see this now.
It was well worth waiting for.
Thanks Adrian, I'm glad you got to see it!...[;o)
Wow Trevor, what a fabulous post. Beautiful flutterbys beautifully captured :)
Heather, thank you...[;o)
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