Thanks, Buggy - worth the journey to High & Over, certainly.
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However, it's a bit of a step from Seaford station, though you could get the bus along to Exceat and walk up from there.
Thank you, Wurzel - there are still a few fresh ones around, but you have to choose your species and select a spot to find them. However, it's feeling distinctly autumnal now.
Thank you as well, David - this is a really reliable location for Walls, and as I have to travel 70 miles whichever way I go to find them these days, it's the no. 1 choice.
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The Bookham blue-spot Copper was a real cracker, wasn't it? Hopefully there'll still be a few more of these to see this year.
An excellent day all round, Trevor, including the lengthy chinwagging with you and Bob! A visit to your patch in the spring sounds a very good idea too.
Friday was not a day for going out, and I felt like a rest after a week of really good sightings in a variety of locations. 21 different species seen over seven days (which didn't even include any Small Tortoiseshells or Painted Ladies) - not at all bad.
Saturday 9th September started well, but you could see that the cloud would bubble up by lunchtime and the forecast was (accurately) predicting worse later on. I settled for a stroll around my local patch, and a typical early autumn offering dominated by Red Admirals and Speckled Woods. There were whites of all types too...
...three Commas altogether, of which this is one...
...and a single new Peacock.
Its late appearance makes me wonder if there has been a second brood around here - it's happened before.
So here are a selection of the many Speckled Woods, perching momentarily between chasing each other along the paths...
...and a few shots of the crop of really new Red Admirals which appeared today.
Dave