.....Easy to spot, but not easy to count when there are Ragwort plants in the area and each stem covered with the creatures!
Ringlet were also there in number...
As were Marbled White...
It was encouraging to see the healthy number of Silver-washed Fritillary...
And a number of *Large Skipper (Ochlodes venatus). Colin took this captivating shot of one in the flower of a Convolvulus...
When we looked back to July's survey for 2012 we noticed a striking similarity with today's results. Maybe things aren't all that bad in the Butterfly world!
* Thanks to Susan (see comments) for the ID.
2 comments:
Must get out there and do mine...
I think your skipper must be a Large Skipper Ochlodes venatus -- there's too much patterning visible on the underside for a Small. The pattern seems to match a Large better than a female Silver-spotted.
Thanks, Susan, for the ID. Having looked at the photo carefully, I see what you mean. It was so good to see such large numbers of butterflies after the last few months!
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