It was so nice to be able to get out on a butterfly hunt today after some dull and windy weather. I decided to stay fairly local as I've a few trips further afield planned over the next few days. Crog Hill, just outside Lambourn is a well known spot for small blue butterflies so I headed over there and parked in the usual place just off the road, where a bridleway starts. Along this bridleway it is easy to spot these tiny butterflies, not so much blue but almost grey/black. I spotted one virtually as soon as I got out of the car and saw several more as I walked along the rutted track until I got to a grassy spot on the left hand side. Here I found most of the small blues, together with at least four duke of burgundy butterflies, another speciality here, which were much easier to see and photograph than at Rodborough Common at the end of April. Other butterflies seen along the track were common blue (3), Brimstone (2), small heath (1) peacock (1) and a further two dukes.
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