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| Green Hairstreak, Callophrys rubi |
On Monday I completed my Mill Hill transect with the
following results: 15 Adonis Blue, 1 Brimstone, 10 Dingy Skipper, 2 Orange-tip,
12 Small Heath, 1 Grizzled Skipper, 1 Green Hairstreak, 1 Red Admiral, 1 White.
Adonis and Small Heaths are building fast, I saw many more Dingies after the
transect was completed, including aerial combats. I also saw Mother Shipton, Treble-bar
and Purple Bar moths. The slope is getting covered by yellow Horseshoe Vetch,
an essential food plant of the Chalkhill Blue, Adonis Blue and Dingy Skipper. A
Kestrel hovered overhead.
photo notes: the Green Hairstreak above was shot into the sun so the colour was forced from the Raw file using Lightroom. Shot with Nikon D90, Sigma 180 macro lens unless otherwise stated.
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| Adonis Blue, Lysandra bellargus |
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Dingy Skipper, Erynnis tages
Lumix FZ45 |
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| Dingy Skippers mating, Erynnis tages |
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Dingy Skippers mating, Erynnis tages
Canoon G9, flash |
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| Canon G9 |
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| Lumix FZ45 |
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| Lumix FZ45 |
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| Grizzled Skipper, Pyrgus malvae |
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Horseshoe Vetch, Hippocrepis comosa
Lumix FZ45 |
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Horseshoe Vetch, Hippocrepis comosa
Canon G9 |
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| Kestrel, Falco tinnunculus |
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| Mother Shipton, Callistege mi |
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| Purple Bar, Cosmorhoe ocellata |
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Treble-bar, Aplocera plagiata
Lumix FZ45 |
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| view from Mill Hill |
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