I went over to Morgan's Hill this afternoon to search for butterflies, particularly looking for grizzled skippers which on some earlier years seem to have evaded me.
The weather was mostly sunny though with a slight north easterly breeze. However, there are some sheltered spots on the hill so I headed for these in particular.
On the path leading onto the reserve I found a lady photographing green hairstreaks, she told me she'd seen some wall butterflies but I didn't see any here. However there were brimstones and orange tips and some small/green veined whites.
I checked an area where in the past I have found Marsh Fritillaries but it is a bit early for those and I didn't see any. I did find a Duke of Burgundy here though.
In the quarry area where it was more sheltered there were dingy skippers and a few grizzled skippers too. I saw an orange coloured butterfly flying around, which I assumed was a comma or small tortoiseshell but when it settled very briefly I could see it was in fact a wall butterfly. Although I saw it several times, it never settled for long enough to get any photos.
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