I was pleased to note higher numbers than last week's visit. I would guess there were at least half a dozen, maybe 8 or 9, but they are fast flyers and although I saw them in different places in a large field, it's always possible that some were the same ones!
Again, it was hard to photograph them as they rarely stopped, and if they did settle on a flower it was only for a few seconds, hardly time to get my camera pointed in the right direction before off they went again.
It wasn't until I was well on the way back to the car that I finally found an obliging individual, a brightly coloured male, that stopped several times, once or twice on flowers but several times down amongst the grass.
This photo just shows the male's wing pattern.
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