Skippers out

For our second outing of the season we enjoyed another day of brilliant sunshine, with the light wind swinging from north to south west as we started our transect.
Brimstones continue to make a strong showing, along with more Green Hairstreaks and the first Skippers putting in an appearance, both Dingy and the increasingly rare Grizzled. We spotted an even more unusual species posing obligingly in Fames Rough: a fossilised Moth? See the picture below.

Stone me! This one's hard to classify.

​Here are the details of the final count for the transect:
18 Brimstone
  7 Dingy Skipper
  6 Peacock
  8 Orange Tip
  7 Green Hairstreak
  1 Comma
  1 Grizzled Skipper
  1 Small White
 Click on butterfly names for more info.
​Totals: 49 butterflies from 8 species.

Dingy Skipper, Coneyboro Hill.

A Dingy Skipper compared to a bottle cap, Fames Rough.

Survey by Graham H, Graham Kenward and Roger Vye ​submitted to Butterfly Conservation (UKBMS). 
​Report and pics by Graham Kenward.
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Small White, Great Parson's Field

Green Hairstreak, Fames Rough.