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Adonis blue at Hazelbury Common

Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:20 pm
by eccles
I was rather fortunate to get adonis and common blues sharing the frame, snapped today in rather overcast conditions at Hazelbury today. It's easy enough to tell which is which. :)

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Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:36 pm
by markatbath
excellent shot,were these on the roadside bank or in the common itself?
mark

Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 7:39 am
by David Tipping
Fantastic shot eccles - chances like that don't come along very often!

Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 4:49 pm
by eccles
Thanks both.
@Mark, they were on the larger part of the common to the right of the single track road when looking down from the Hazelbury Manor entrance. There are several stands of the purplish wildflower in the pics towards the bottom left. All the blues, chalkhill, common and adonis seemed to like it. I did have a look along the roadside part to the left but only saw common plus the odd chalkhill there.

Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 5:16 pm
by Gwenhwyfar
What a find - great pic eccles.

Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 10:17 pm
by eccles
Thanks Gwen. I'd still trade them for your purple emperor. :)