Wednesday 27 July 2011

Brown Hairstreak (female)

Brown Hairstreak (female) by Lynmiranda
Brown Hairstreak (female), a photo by Lynmiranda on Flickr.
We went to Alners Gorse, which is the Butterfly Conservation site. The main star attraction for me was the Brown Hairstreak, my first. This female sat and posed for us:) Saw a few Purple Hairstreaks, also my first. They are not easy to spot and get a good decent shot of them.

5 comments:

Richard Pegler said...

Great set of images, Linda! I particularly like this one. Well done!

Roy said...

Great shot of a beautiful specimen Lyn, a species that I have never seen yet.

Mike Randall Bird Photography said...

Very nice Linda. I have never seen one.

holdingmoments said...

Such a beauty Linda. I've never seen one of these.

Linda Yarrow said...

Thankyou Richard, Roy, Mike & Keith:) I was lucky with this butterfly, it stayed perched for a long time, so I had plenty of time to photograph it. This reserve is very popular with people who are into wildlife photography. They were all looking for the Hairstreaks.