A Holly Blue visited my garden at about 7am today:
And before I left home at 8.30 I'd also had three Peacocks drop in too.
I decided to go to near-by Wye Nature Reserve before it got too hot for Hoggers, in search of Wall. I walked along to the Crown and found three:
( and later four more by the Kneading Trough ).
The Reserve Managers have left a field aside for thistles to flower and there ( sorry Pauline! ) five Small Tortoiseshells were bust feeding:
By about 11am it was boiling so I headed back home for a cool drink, but not before I'd also seen Common blues ( 1 female ),Marbled White, Small Heath, Chalkhill Blues, Brown Argus, Red Admiral, a Small Skipper, Large White and many Meadow Browns.