Wednesday 4 August 2010

A walk along Ferring Rife


Common Fleabane
In spite of the skies being grey we went for a walk along the Ferring Rife from the Blue Bird Café. We counted seven species of butterflies. I’m sure it would have been more had the rain not sent us scuttling back to the car.
The Ferring Rife
Green-veined White
Speckled Wood
a flock of starlings roosted before it rained
 Yellow Loosestrife
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male Common Blue
Gatekeeper
Lesser bulrushes

Other butterflies seen were Large White, Meadow Brown, and Ringlet

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