Friday 1 June 2012

Early morning at Mill Hill

Adonis Blue, Lysandra bellargus male
Yesterday morning I met Mark Colvin at Mill Hill to see the roosting Adonis at 5:30am. It was well worth it as we saw many roosting butterflies, mainly on clumps of tall grasses. Afterwards I did my weekly transect:

Adonis Blue male 92
Adonis Blue female 22
Common blue 8
Small Heath 29
Small Copper 1
Adonis Blue, Lysandra bellargus female
Adonis Blue, Lysandra bellargus female
Adonis Blue, Lysandra bellargus female
Adonis Blue, Lysandra bellargus female
Adonis Blue, Lysandra bellargus female
Adonis Blue, Lysandra bellargus female
Roosting blues
Common Blue, Polyommatus icarus male
Common Blue, Polyommatus icarus male
Mark enjoys the view
Common Blue, Polyommatus icarus males

Columbine, Aquilegia vulgaris
thanks to Phil at http://goldenorfephotography.blogspot.com for the id
Mill Hill covered by Horseshoe Vetch, Hippocrepis comosa 

Horseshoe Vetch is the larval food plant of the Adonis Blue

Small Heath, Coenonympha pamphilus
Small Heath, Coenonympha pamphilus
Small Heath, Coenonympha pamphilus
id needed for this 1cm snail
Wild Rose, Rosa acicularis
Wild Rose, Rosa acicularis

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