Saturday just gone, an a repeat of the previous weekend, except i visited Queendown Warren (Kent) 1st, before ending up spending the afternoon at Bluebell Hill (Kent). Chasing mainly Small Coppers, but a few other species seen!
Unusually, 3 Wall Brown were found at Queendown Warren!! which is only the 2nd time in over a decade ive seen this species at that location. 3 sets of mating Meadow Brown were also seen. I sighted a very pale Small Copper (that looked to be in good condition) but no pics taken. However another person there, spoke of the same Small Copper, an he showed me some pics of it on his camera, an it looked to be in good condition (not worn).
On to Bluebell Hill then, an 6+ Small Copper were once again showing very well, so i spent the afternoon bagging some nice images of these little beauties. No images are cropped, cheers Paul.
This male chased this super fresh female, for several minutes, but no mating occurred between this pair (despite his efforts).
A couple of images, that show the same worn (I think maybe a female?) basking high up on a small Rose Bush? Shot at 2 different distances, using the same camera settings at f/2.8. The lens being a MFT's, Olympus 60mm macro 2.8.
A fair distance from subject.
Then closing the distance some.