Sightings down

After a sunny and warm start to the morning, the weather had deteriorated by the time we started our walk around. Fortunately there was some residual warmth in the ground and shelter from the wind at Coneyboro Hill (section 2) and neighbouring Fames Rough (sections 3 & 4) and it was here that we saw the majority of the day's butterflies: most notably 14 Dingy Skippers. Although the cloud cover thinned towards the end of of our transect, sightings were few and far between, adding only 4 Brimstones to our day's tally. 
 
Here's what we saw:
14 Dingy Skipper
  7 Brimstone
  4 Orange Tip
  3 Peacock
  2 Green Hairstreak
  2 Grizzled Skipper
  1 Small White
 Click on butterfly names for more info.
Total count: 33 butterflies from 7 species.

Survey by Brian Gardner, Graham H and Graham Kenward ​submitted to Butterfly Conservation (UKBMS). 
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Pics by Graham Kenward.
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Orange Tip, Fames Rough

Grizzled Skipper, Coneyboro Hill

Dingy Skipper, Coneyboro Hill

Glow-worm, Coneyboro Hill

Dingy Skipper, Coneyboro Hill. Dingy boot included for scale.

Milkwort, Coneyboro Hill