Elusive Butterfly - Bob Lind

Not particularly a Sun worshipper myself, but we would be surely lost without it so a welcome change, if nothing else, to be kissed by the Current Bun yesterday! The biggest benefit were the Insects it encouraged into the open, particularly the butterflies which we will dwell on alone on this post.

Most numerous of them all and maybe the Poster Boy of the genre

RED ADMIRAL
and on this occassion obliging and even allowing a

PARACITE
to graze off of it while grazing itself.

BRIMSTONE

and

COMMA
(showing here from where the name originates)
were only in small numbers but it was a surprise to still see an

ORANGE TIP
on the wing close to the end of their season.

LARGE WHITE's
were also knocking around with not a sniff of their close cousins the
Small White
but adiquaitly backed up by the also numerous

MARBLED WHITE

SPECKLED WOOD
were as ever favouring the 'rides' along the tree-lined paths on the Heath with

SMALL COPPER
also holding teritory there as are the always unobliging

GREYLING
(on Bell Heather)
never seeming to open their wings and always hit or miss the often migrant

CLOUDED YELLOW

MEADOW BROWN

perching long enough to allow for this short 'clip'.

PEACOCK
always a welcome addition and we are calling our final insect

SMALL SKIPPER
but if not would welcome a 'correction'!

However, the final happening of the day was also WINGED as driving through one of the Solar Panel Compounds

THE RED ARROWS

flew directly above our head

and feel we did quite well

given the Short Notice!