I visited a couple of sites south of Swindon today to see what butterflies were about. At Barbury Castle the most noticeable species was small tortoiseshells which seemed to be everywhere. I saw some meadow browns, large skippers and small heaths, just a couple of common blues and a single marbled white. I also had some good views of a skylark on a fence post.
From there I visited Martinsell hillfort where I found more marbled whites, meadow browns and small heaths, and saw ringlets ( too active for photographs today) and a small skipper, the latter two species being my first of the year.
small tortoiseshell
large skipper
skylark
marbled white
small skipper
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