East Suffolk is well behind you, Buggy! It was 50% sunny today so I went to see if any green hairstreaks were on the wing yet. The first thing I noticed was that the broom was not yet in flower. This is my top green hairstreak site on 19th April 2020:
This is the same spot today:
Similarly, the hawthorn is not in flower. Unsurprisingly, I didn't confirm green hairstreak, though I did catch a glimpse of a possible tumbling over a tree. It may have been a small copper, of which the first are now on the wing.
I counted 8 orange tip eggs on the garlic mustard in the garden:
Here's (perhaps) the happy dad:
I think the female small white that hatched in my cage two days ago has found love:
I saw this pair meet and mate in the garden this morning. They remained in cop about an hour.
The only other species I saw today, in the garden and out on the heath, were peacock, speckled wood, small copper and holly blue. The holly blue was only my second this year.
Guy