]. It is an industrial heritage site now managed for wildlife by Surrey Wildlife Trust, about 20 minutes walk from Box Hill, but doesn’t seem to have registered on UKB. That surprises, as it was outstanding 
. I don’t know this part of the country well, but I walked the North Downs Way from Guildford to Dorking a couple of weeks ago, detouring to promising downlands along the way, and walked in the Box Hill/Ranmore Common/Denbies area around this time last year, and of all the locations visited, Brockham had by some way the greatest concentration of Silver Spotted Skippers. [For the record, from what I have seen, the south east corner of Box Hill just above the Pilgrim's Way is the next best location for SSS]. Also seen at Brockham were good numbers of ChB, CB, BA, SH, B, P, RA, ST, C, MB, G, SpW, LW, SW, GVW, SC, and SS, and enough somewhat tired looking DGF to think a visit earlier in the summer would be worthwhile. The flora is herb-rich and contains great variety, and the area looks like a good location for orchids, although I certainly can’t put a name to them when they are going to seed .The first image below is taken from the floor of the old quarry where SSS abounded. Right of center you can see an opening in the trees which is on a steep slope above some of the diggings. I scrambled up there to have my lunch, and had the pleasure of also being surrounded by SSS (amongst other species). The second photo is a less-good-than-hoped-for
photo-stitch of the view from there, extending over Surrey [I think 
– this is not my part of the world! ].Simon
