after couple hours eventually found 5 females around the edges of the 2 fields just before the wood coming from the church carpark, the male was feeding on angelica on the central path running through the wood. no sign of any at southern most end !
also spotted 1 purple hairstreak, brimstone,red admiral, smll tortoieshell,comma,speckled woods,gatekeepers,meadow browns, sml ,lg , g v whites, loads of brown argus,common blue and small copper, and a possible essex skipper.
loads of migrant hawkers ,a few common darters and southern hawkers.
hope to go back next weekend weather permitting! !!
lets hope its a good year for them,a really beautifull butterfly
phil
. I found that the nicest ride for the butterflies was at the Church side, where there is a very small pool for the Dragonflies. There is a lovely patch of Hemp Agrinomy (still fresh) and Common Fleabane right next to the pond. The nicest butterfly we saw was a very fresh Red Admiral. I presume the weather was better there today (Sunday) which helped to bring the Brown Hairstreaks out.
). I've heard from several knowledgeable folks at Grafton Wood that the West edge is where much egg-laying and egg-counting goes on, so it makes sense that the BH's were more visible there (having said that, in dull weather on Saturday I didn't see any) 
