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| Dark Green Fritillary, Argynnis aglaja |
Another cloudy, dry morning so I went to Cissbury Ring again to hunt for the Dark Green Fritillaries. It was windy and I saw around 12, but each time one rose nearby, it went with the wind and was soon 50 yards away. In spite of this I managed to get a shots of a few of them. At one point I nearly trod on a fat brown female adder curled up on the grass. We looked at each other and as I got a camera ready it slithered off into the long grass - a lovely encounter. A lark sang loudly above. The were hundreds of Meadow Browns and dozens of Small Heaths plus an old Common Blue and Small Copper.
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| worn Common Blue, Polyommatus icarus |
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| worn Dark Green Fritillary, Argynnis aglaja |
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| Dark Green Fritillary, Argynnis aglaja |
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| Field Scabious, Knautia arvensis |
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| Five-Spot Burnet, Zygaena trifolii |
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| Herb Robert, Geranium robertianum |
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| Meadow Brown, Maniola jurtina |
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| Bramble, Rubus fruticosus |
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| Cinnabar moth caterpillar, Tyria jacobaea |
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| Red Poppy, Papaver rhoeas |
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| bank of Rock Rose |
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| Small Copper, Lycaena phlaeas |
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| Small Heath, Coenonympha pamphilus |
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| White Bryony, Bryonia dioica |
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| Wild Mignonette, Reseda lutea |
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| Wild Thyme, Thymus serpyllum |
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| Wood Sage, Teucrium scorodonia |
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