Early morning at Mill Hill

Adonis Blue, Lysandra bellargus male

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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