Glanville Fritillaries

Glanville Fritillary, Melitaea cinxia

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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