Thursday 21 June 2012

Glanville Fritillaries

Glanville Fritillary, Melitaea cinxia
On Tuesday visited the Surrey Glanville Fritillaries again. The natural home of this butterfly is the Isle of Wight, but this colony was established 11 years ago and conditions have enabled it to thrive in this brownfield site. The BBC has posted a good article today about the importance of brownfield sites: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/18513022
Common Blue, Polyommatus icarus, female
Drinker moth caterpillar, Euthrix potatoria
Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea
Glanville Fritillary, Melitaea cinxia
Glanville Fritillary, Melitaea cinxia
Glanville Fritillary, Melitaea cinxia



Glanville Fritillary, Melitaea cinxia
Grass Vetchling, Lathyrus nissolia
This tiny flower adds colour to the grasses that it grows amongst.
Grass snake, Natrix natrix
I also saw a tiny grass snake the size of a pencil
juvenile Grass snake, Natrix natrix
juvenile Grass snake, Natrix natrix

juvenile Grass snake, Natrix natrix
Mute swan, Cygnus olor
Large Skipper, Ochlodes faunus
Large Skipper, Ochlodes faunus
Large Skipper, Ochlodes faunus
Common lizard, Zootoca vivipara
Mallow, Malva sylvestris
Meadow Brown, Maniola jurtina
Oedemera nobilis beetle
Five-Spot Burnet larva, Zygaena trifolii
Slow-worm, Anguis fragilis




deer prints

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