Yesterday I paid my annual visit to Crog Hill, near Lambourn where there is a a colony of small blue butterflies. Although it had been sunny all morning, a few clouds had gathered, blocking out the sun for a time, and I didn't see any small blues for a while as I walked up the deeply rutted track. However, as I reached the corner where there were some more open areas, they began to appear, though not in the large numbers I saw last year ( 100+) . I suppose I probably found a couple of dozen at the most, together with two common blues, Brimstone, Peacock and some whites which I couldn't identify in flight. The sun was shining again by the time I returned to the car so a few more butterflies were around in that area.
hawthorn and cow parsley turning the countryside white at crog hill.
small blue
common blue
small blue
this green carpet moth had chosen a good leaf as camouflage
common blue
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