Adonis blue in wilts?

eccles · Post by **eccles** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 8:41 pm

I snapped this today at Hazelbury Common near Box. I'm pretty certain it's an adonis blue.

Post by **Pete Eeles** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 9:03 pm

Yep - definitely Adonis. The black bands are visible in the white fringes, which is the giveaway.

Cheers,

- Pete

markatbath · Post by **markatbath** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:17 pm

hi
Hazelbury Common is a good site for the adonis blue but they are more abundant there later in the year along with the chalkhill blue.Another good site not too far away is Morgans Hill.
regards
mark

Matsukaze · Post by **Matsukaze** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 11:30 pm

I haven't visited this site before, and it might be a place to look at in the next few weeks.

Looking at the OS map would I be right to guess that the common sits on top of the west portal of Box tunnel?

eccles · Post by **eccles** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 9:03 am

It's next to Hazelbury Manor. There's parking by the Chapel Plaister a short walk away. The common is nice for orchids too.

eccles · Post by **eccles** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 6:34 pm

I went looking for second brood adonis blue today at Hazelbury and saw three very tatty individuals after nearly three hours searching. Was I early or late?
A reasonable number of chalkhills still there though.