. However, as the weekend approached Dave’s (Millerd) report and pictures of an aberrant Pearl made up my mind for me 
. A switch from Sunday to Saturday was now imperative even though it meant I’d have less butterflying time as I was needed back at home in the late afternoon. Also I’d be meeting up with Wurzel who was tied to Saturday for similar (domestic) reasons.Traffic and M3 roadworks
increased my journey time getting there so by the time I’d arrived the eastern clearing car-park was pretty full and I could see others already out in the field. As I worked my way to the hotspot across a new swathe of cut trees and deep digger wheel ruts, I got a shout from Wurzel that he had the aberrant in view. I’d only just arrived and now I was straight in 
. The little 'burnt-toffee' gem had an entourage of butterfliers as he flittered around in typical Pearl-bordered fritillary fashion close to the ground occasionally alighting or briefly clashing with his standard orange-coloured comrades. The colour difference was so acute he was relatively easy to track. However, the sunny warmer than anticipated weather, kept him mostly on the move and the times he did land, at ground level meant he was obscured by plants and cast shadows etc. Didn’t manage to get any decent underside shots 
.- Lozenge shaped 'pearls' with central merged with 4th.
.- Dingy enjoying the high life
- and the low-life
. - Tidworth Grasstreak
) and lucky for me I got there in time to see and photograph it 
. After that I searched the area and other areas but no more dukes. I did add orange-tip male and female; Green-veined white and Brimstone to the day’s tally. . Gave the match a miss in the end (plenty of domestic jobs to do plus no ticket.Phil
