Mill Hill and Hope Gap

The Seven Sisters from Seaford Head

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On Saturday evening a noisy motorised parasail flew east to west along the coastline

It was a sunny morning on Sunday so I did my weekly butterfly transect at Mill Hill. I met Paul and Andy who were on butterfly missions of their own.
Results: 1 Adonis Blue, 35 Chalkhill Blue, 6 Common Blue, 4 Dingy Skipper, 11 Gatekeeper, 9 Meadow Brown, 2 Peacock, 2 Red Admiral, 4 Small Heath, 1 Wall, I Brimstone.

Chalkhill Blue

Chalkhill Blue

second brood Dingy Skipper

Dingy Skipper

car boot sale below Mill Hill

After this I headed for Hope Gap , well named as I was after a sighting of a Clouded Yellow reported on Saturday at Seaford Head. There were plenty of Chalkhill Blues fighting with Common Blues and Gatekeepers plus Six-spot Burnet moths. The scenery is stunning there and there were plenty of walkers enjoying the sights. A few golfers were hunting in the rough for those little white things. Butterflies seen: Chalkhill Blue, Common Blue, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Small Heath, Marbled White, Brown Argus.

Common Blue

Chalkhill Blue

Chalkhill Blue

Lesser Centaury Centaurium pulchellum

(I changed my id for the plant above)

Common Blue

Six-spot Burnet moth on Viper's Bugloss

Chalkhill Blue

Common Blue on Ragwort

Common Blue

Six-spot Burnet moth

Dive boat

Kayak off the Cuckmere Haven

Brown Argus

Hope Gap

Chalkhill Blue

I walked from Hope Gap to Seaford and enjoyed the cliff views. Some people seemed oblivious of the potential for cliffs to collapse.

The calf nudged his mum when she was enjoying a rest so she got up and indulged him

During the last few days I have seen some interesting moths in our stairway. A Brimstone moth was outside a window. It flew off when I attempted to open the window for a better view.

unknown moth on window, 18mm wide