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.

Brown Hairstreak (female)

Brown Hairstreak (female) by Lynmiranda
Brown Hairstreak (female), a photo by Lynmiranda on Flickr.

Brown Hairstreak (female)

Brown Hairstreak (female) by Lynmiranda
Brown Hairstreak (female), a photo by Lynmiranda on Flickr.

Thursday 14 July 2011

Silver Washed Fritillary

Silver Washed Fritillary  by Lynmiranda
Silver Washed Fritillary , a photo by Lynmiranda on Flickr.
A beautiful sunny day today, we went to Powerstock nature reserve for a walk and saw a few of these butterflies at the reserve.