26th August... Hanging on...............just....
Another visit to my local patch on this beautiful sunny afternoon produced so many Brimstones all feeding up for the long winter ahead of them. They did`nt bat an eyelid as i got in their face with my camera, some even landing closer to me than the one i was photographing, which was such a nice change from their normal behaviour of clearing off before you can get anywhere near them. A couple of Peacocks were also seen along with some tatty Silver-washed Fritillaries, all females, Common Blues, an egg laying Wood White, the lastest i have witnessed this, a few Meadow Browns and Gatekeepers plus Green-vained, Small and Large Whites, and just about hanging on was a male Large Skipper.
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And for a different reason, a Small Copper, hanging on in these woods, just. As this was the first individual i have seen here for two years, so was a lovely surprise...........
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