Adonis blue at Hazelbury Common

eccles · Post by **eccles** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:20 pm

I was rather fortunate to get adonis and common blues sharing the frame, snapped today in rather overcast conditions at Hazelbury today. It's easy enough to tell which is which.

markatbath · Post by **markatbath** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:36 pm

excellent shot,were these on the roadside bank or in the common itself?
mark

David Tipping · Post by **David Tipping** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 7:39 am

Fantastic shot eccles - chances like that don't come along very often!

eccles · Post by **eccles** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 4:49 pm

Thanks both.
@Mark, they were on the larger part of the common to the right of the single track road when looking down from the Hazelbury Manor entrance. There are several stands of the purplish wildflower in the pics towards the bottom left. All the blues, chalkhill, common and adonis seemed to like it. I did have a look along the roadside part to the left but only saw common plus the odd chalkhill there.

Gwenhwyfar · Post by **Gwenhwyfar** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 5:16 pm

What a find - great pic eccles.

eccles · Post by **eccles** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 10:17 pm

Thanks Gwen. I'd still trade them for your purple emperor.