Thanks, all. Adonis are another species it's impossible to tire of.
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It was interesting to get some behavioural shots as well, including male and female together.
On the way back from Denbies, I followed Buggy's suggestion and popped into Bookham. Unfortunately, the skies had darkened by the time I arrived, and all I managed to find were a single Common Blue, and a Red Admiral, plus a Painted Lady which landed on the path in front of me but was too skittish to be photographed. It bounced off ahead of me and then away northwards much in the manner of Tigger.
Tuesday 30th May: With sunshine threatening towards the end of the afternoon, I managed to get a lift to Harmondsworth Moor and walked back. This is where I usually first see Meadow Browns, but none appeared today. However, there is loads of trefoil here this year, and unsurprisingly there were good numbers Of Common Blues.
These including yet another extremely blue female, which I mistook for a male right up to the point that it opened its wings.
There was also a very small (admittedly very worn) male, no bigger than the Small Blues I saw last week.
I also found one Brown Argus and eventually managed a shot or two of a fresh Cinnabar moth, a very restless species.
Walking home took me back through my local patch where more Common Blues were flying.
However, I was also pleased to see the first second brood Small Tortoiseshell of the year flying energetically around - I didn't get very close, but just enough for this shot.
One Comma was still basking in the late afternoon sun...
...but this time of day belongs to Red Admirals; these are a few of them.
Finally, earlier on I took a shot of some newly flowering thistles, complete with an assortment of insects. Two Burnet Companions, but what are all the rest?
Dave