Thank you Wurzel, Bugboy, Goldie M and Trevor for your kind comments.
There were a few more....
The blues included the usual suspects plus a new one for me. A Green-underside Blue which I believe was egg-laying.
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Green-underside Blue - Glaucopsyche alexis
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Green-underside Blue - egg laying
And I was the only one to find and see this Chequered blue, it was there and then gone.
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Chequered Blue - Scolitantides orion
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Chequered Blue - Scolitantides orion
It was very restless, and tricky to follow in bright sunlight. 6 shots taken and next thing I know I'm following a Mazarine Blue instead....
And my final Blue today was Reverdin's which I have never had a reliable ID on before. It was alongside Silver-studded and clearly different.
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Reverdin's Blue - Plebejus argyrognomon
I have others but love this feisty pose.
Changing tack for a moment here is one for the moth lovers this was the nearest I got to a Black-veined White this year.
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Black-veined Moth - Siona lineata
But as Trevor will remember the Clouded Apollo does have something like the Black-veined White about it too. Although it is unmistakably an Apollo.
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Clouded Apollo - Parnassius mnemosyne
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Clouded Apollo - Parnassius mnemosyne
Of the dozens of Clouded Apollos seen in a couple of locations... however many I followed I never found one that knew how to take up a decent pose!
I spotted my first ever Chequered Skipper mud puddling in a huge tractor rut. It was glorious black mud and a super colour for a background to the tiny skipper.
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Chequered Skipper-mud puddling
It then took up a far less challenging pose to photograph. And I took a number of variations on a theme. But just one chance at the mud!
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Chequered Skipper - Carterocephalus palaemon
And finally for today, before I outstay my welcome. In addition to butterflies I was able to photograph some other wildlife including one of the many white stork nests. In some villages there were up to a dozen nests on chimneys, telegraph poles and other incongruous nest sites.
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White Stork nest
This site gave me a shot of the parents and 3 youngsters. I have others with both parents but by then the shot gets a bit crowded!
Thanks for looking, sorry for the numbers of pictures. I have no idea how many is too many!