Silver-washed Fritillary

Got a bit carried away with taking photo`s of this lovely butterfly at Bedford Purlieus!

Hills and Holes

Spent an enjoyable morning on Sunday 25th July at the local `hotspot` for Marbled Whites, Barnack Hills and Holes NNR. There were at least 5 Marbled Whites, plus numerous Chalk-hill Blues. There were also Common Blues, Meadow Browns, Gatekeepers and Brimstones.

Again, these were taken with my pocket camera. I am quite pleased with the results!

Marbled White on scabiosa


Marbled White on centaurea

Marbled White

Brimstone female on centaurea


Chalk-hill Blue male and female

Chalk-hill Blue female


Chalk-hill Blue male on birds-foot trefoil


Chalk-hill Blue male

Chalk-hill Blue male

More butterflies

Having been the sort of person that was quite happy to look at a butterfly and say "what a pretty thing!", I have been slowly drawn in to actually start trying to identify the species and search for butterflies that I didn`t even know existed!

Here are some more photo`s that were taken at Bedford Purlieus on Sunday 18th July.


Common Blue

Silver-washed Fritillary

White-letter Hairstreak



Ringlet

Comma

Bedford Purlieus

I have finally succumbed to checking out Bedford Purlieus to see the amazing array of butterflies on show there.
I don`t have a DSLR, so all the photo`s were taken with my little pocket camera. I don`t think Peter or Mike have anything to worry about on the competition front!

White-letter Hairstreak

White-letter Hairstreak


White-letter Hairstreak

White-letter Hairstreak

White Admiral (a rather tatty individual, but the only one seen)


Small White

Red Admiral


Silver-washed Fritillary


Silver-washed Fritillary

Large Skipper


Gatekeeper

Common Blue


Common Blue


Comma

As well as these there were also lots of Ringlets and Meadow Browns.

Some flowers from Glen Clova

A few of the flowers in Glen Clova. The violas were growing wild everywhere and the cotton grass was common and had to have a photo of a Scottish thistle. Not quite sure what the other flowers are, I think the lilac colour plant is wild thyme,but would love to know!