Had a couple of short excursions today ,an early (ish !) morning visit to the local Brown Argus hotspot ,bit better today and managed to find eight ,most lovely fresh individuals ,also managed 14 Small Heath ,2 Small Copper ,2 Common Blues and various Whites .
This afternoon ,I thought I,d take a shortish trip to one of the smaller local Duke colonies,to see what was about , en-route ,and after parking up some distance from the site I found my first Wall of the season ,they seem to be doing really well in my neck of the woods ,and I reckon I saw easily 30 + and I found a pair in-cop ……………… I was patient and waited for them to settle down before approaching ,but they just did not want their pictures taken !
As I walked along I found my first Dingy Skippers (7 ) and was kept company by an inquisitive Red Kite ,that kept me company for about five minutes , also along the arable field edge I stumbled across a plant ,that I,ve long wished to find Small Venus looking glass ,a scarce ,declining Arable species ,really pleased with that one !
At the Duke site ,plenty of Dingys flying ,and a few other bits and pieces ,but for the fist half hour ………… No Dukes ,just on the point of
moving on ,when one shot by me ,and after finding the one ,I managed another 5 ,so 6 in all . Among them was this female AB;Leucodes .
Regards Allan.W.
- Female AB;Leucodes.
