Saturday, 2 July 2016

PENTYLANDS HIGHWORTH

 I paid  visit to Highworth's country park this afternoon, it was very breezy but quite sunny as I walked around the perimeter of the park. Most noticeable were the 100+ meadow brown butterflies, also quite a few ringlets, a couple of skippers, and some marbled whites. Towards the end of my walk I also spotted a small tortoiseshell.
one of many meadow brown butterflies

ringlet

meadow browns and ringlets sharing a flower head

small tortoiseshell

marbled white, in excellent shape, probably newly emerged

poppies by the gate

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