Dark Green Fritillary butterfly

Dark Green Fritillary butterfly, a photo by Linda Yarrow on Flickr.

At long last, a dryer day today with some sunshine.  Went for a walk at Martin Down nature reserve, saw several species of butterflies; Comma, Dark Green Fritillary, Silver Washed Fritillary, Red Admiral, Painted Lady.  Also saw several Scarlet Tiger moths, lovely to watch when they are flying around.  Martin Down is a great place, it has both woodland and chalk grassland, with a wide variety of plants and wildflowers to support several species of butterflies including the White Admiral.

Cowslips

Cowslips, a photo by Linda Yarrow on Flickr.

We went to Fontmell Down today, a reasonbly nice day, cloud and........SUNSHINE:-))))

Surprises Today, The Lovely and The Nasty

White Throat, a photo by Linda Yarrow on Flickr.

I had two surprises today, the lovely and the nasty.  The lovely surprise was while I was sitting in my garden, enjoying the rare sunshine and sipping my tea, a White Throat appeared in my garden for the first time.  This picture I took last year at Durlston Country Park.  Now for the nasty surprise, while I was having a shower this morning, I found a tick on the back of my leg ¦:-{ horrible! I couldn't believe it!  And where the hell it came from I do not know.  I picked it off intact, it was alive and crawling on my hand, well I soon got rid of it :- [