You really don't need to be envious Susie cos you have taken some smashing photos of BH in the past - including beautiful females too which I shall be lucky to see this year. Thank you for your comment tho' - it is very kind of you to say so.
Thank you Wurzel - have you got any more hot tips for me for tomorrow??
Nice to hear from you again Debbie - thank you for your kind words.
Yesterday afternoon I could not face the long drive to Lymington in the heat - which having seen Alan's photos and report I am now slightly regretting - but determined to make the most of a rare day out, I stopped off on the way back at Oxenbourne to check out the SSS. I had expected more to have emerged by now, especially the odd female, but disappointingly I saw a total of only 3 males (ranging from fresh to slightly worn) and on this visit no females at all. The males were incredibly active and quarrelsome and it was hard to follow them with the eye let alone get a decent photo. I grabbed a few shots shown below, but the numbers so far match the total I saw last season which is slightly worrying. No Graylings at Ludshott, no Brown Hairstreak (at least not yet) at Noar Hill and now only a few SSS at Oxenbourne
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. I had been informed that the SSS were originally introduced to Oxenbourne by Matthew O. (with appropriate approval) but I don't know when this was. Perhaps an injection of new blood is needed before they disappear from this site completely.
I just had to include this lovely fresh little chap in his natural surroundings before he disappeared to ..... somewhere else!