Thanks Allan,I've been very busy here so may not get out to Dungeness but if we do I'll certainly hope to see the Coppers and Clouded Yellow
My daughter took us today to Dene Wood Tunbridge, she'd heard my sad story of missing the Purple Emperor
We were going to call on the way to Kent but the heavy rain put us off, I was resigned to wait a year but she said lets go and take a chance you never know!
We arrived after lunch and has we walked along the path the ferns were quite high but I looked amongst them any way, then to my utter amazement I saw this movement in the shade, I was so excited I nearly dropped the camera
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I couldn't keep my hands still enough to do the shots too much justice, irony really when you think I've set off looking for them, then had to cancel twice now
I think this PE is a Female, she was very still on the Fern and I wasn't sure at first if it was a White Admiral, I blew very gently on her and she opened her wings (one reason the shots are not as clear as they could be) I got too close.
I also got a couple of side shots which I think confirm she's a PE, not having seen one before I wasn't sure.
We left her in peace has I'm sure she was egg laying and has we walked further along the path I saw this small Butterfly come down onto the path, I think it's a Purple Hairstreak but the Butterfly seems rather worn, worn are not If it is I'll claim it as another first Goldie
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