Butterflies were everywhere! Numerous common blues ( mostly rather tatty), brown argus, large and small whites, meadow browns, small heaths, small tortoiseshells, adonis blues, and some silver spotted skippers. I also saw a clouded yellow in flight; I only knew what it was, because a couple of people had been photographing it, but sadly it disappeared and I could not relocate it even though I looked around for quite a time.
After taking a number of photos, I picnicked in the car before heading for Yoesden , another chalk grassland area. with similar butterflies. On the way there, I suddenly stopped the car beside the road, because there in a tree ahead of me sat a red kite! It didn't seem worried when I reversed the car for a better look, or took some photos.
the Reserve at Aston Rowant
the steep sided grassland
a rather tatty common blue
adonis blue
brown argus
meadow brown
the M40 from Aston Rowant
small tortoiseshell
silver spotted skipper
red kite
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