I read these Personal Diaries and find myself thinking Wow; these people
know so much about Butterflies. For my part, not knowing much about Butterflies &c., I have always felt somewhat self-conscious about contributing but since I have always been made to feel welcome I shall bash on! Thank you.
The forecast for tomorrow looks promising; as it did for last Monday which turned out to be something of a washout here in SE London. Dreary most of the day. The forecast for Tuesday was initially for dreariness but it suddenly changed to Bright and Sunny and Bright and Sunny it was. Almost a 'no cardigan day' to boot.
So we toddled down to the Crossness Nature Reserve to see what we could see.
We first spotted a white Butterfly in a Paddock area of the Reserve and decided to climb over a Gate to get a better view. With our knees we should have known better! After finally getting ourselves over the gate the Butterfly annoyingly moved off so remained unidentified. Climbing back over the Gate we got temporarily stuck; thankfully no-one else was around! Not something we shall try again in a hurry.
We subsequently saw a
Brimstone Butterfly, 3
Peacock Butterflies and a
Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly; managing a few pictures including:
Walking down a nearby Public Footpath close to the Crossness Nature Reserve where we had seen a
Comma Butterfly a few days earlier, we came across this character:
We imagine it was probably the Butterfly seen previously.
We then moved on to look around the Grounds of the Church of St John the Baptist in Erith, with the hopes of seeing some flowering
Early Dog-Violets and were not disappointed viz.
And we were super-pleased to find a
Peacock Butterfly visiting one of the many
Primroses that brighten up the Church' Grounds at this time of year viz.
Postscript: down on the nearby Thames' Foreshore we spotted an
Oystercatcher seemingly preparing to take a lunge at an unsuspecting
Ringed Plover viz.
Thankfully appearances were deceptive and the
Oystercatcher quietly passed the
Ringed Plover by. Phew.