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Roe Deer, Capreolus capreolus |
Last Tuesday 1st July I completed my Mill Hill butterfly transect with the
following results: Adonis Blue 1, Marbled white 25, Meadow Brown 17, Ringlet 1,
Small Heath 4, Small Tortoiseshell 5, Speckled Wood 1. Judging by previous
years, the Adonis is a late 1st brood emergence.
Then I visited Southwater Woods where I enjoyed a close
encounter with a Roe Deer which grazed 20 metres away after staring hard at
me. I watched Silver-washed Fritillaries zooming around. I was following a
Garden Grass-veneer micro moth when it was suddenly carried off by a Dance fly
which suspended itself from a leaf by one leg. Other moths
seen: Clouded Border, Common Sweep pupa, Dark Strawberry Tortrix, Green Oak
Tortrix, Powdered Knot-horn (rarely recorded), Small Fan-footed Wave,
Straw-barred Pearl and Yellow Shell.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4SXwsg47YMYazo9ljjrxjJ5djAdq9Jf7HRkSXhBy_9PDLT0HWkfCeGgmT5KTxsp5vBYSBSH4wgmwlS-zD-GyNF8Xt9eKgishnd9G0vR_pq3svbU1BbKHanUYTykgVjcTGe7AZWkhvBco/s1600/Adonis+Blue,+Lysandra+bellargus+1753.jpg) |
Adonis Blue, Lysandra bellargus |
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Clouded Border, Lomaspilis marginata |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7sXxWpgein2Wzl3HV_3rtdIIhgESsNvaxIKcoKrorTNOe7vAIly7o0-WmVavBSyTkZQvnNVIJjiXCOojRBXeItQGppd7iMesGtKQLLJHOt03yVwYUplAlcyf8vHCmO3Jz310KK2SMk-g/s1600/Common+Sweep+pupa,+Psyche+casta+1811.jpg) |
Common Sweep pupa, Psyche casta |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH4H78mOUtVzvj4FKcoanhxXllL3fPsRdBjk0T346p2KPK2s_9v20qqirOFlVBtBMAB5G9O-QVc5cXmBqOlfg7HDGD5eP33Fh3UMVwoTr6DcxkqKpKcJpnhBNVWJByeLWNSueUwyHpRhY/s1600/Dance+fly,+Empis+livida+captured+Garden+Grass-veneer,+Chrysoteuchia+culmella+1818.jpg) |
Dance fly, Empis livida captures Garden Grass-veneer, Chrysoteuchia culmella |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaAZK3gVoQt0deQGoL-Pv16bRgI8g7pH6oRBd1sS4CjsZ_KMayB8DsyRSiMrcqUTgMh9Ete0Ldpls0bg7tUjGad2GL1K4nfG1cacszu7a_p-G4q4YO_1NhSAd3BLGUWQinoW2Vr9Pn7mM/s1600/Dark+Strawberry+Tortrix,+Celypha+lacunana+1826.jpg) |
Dark Strawberry Tortrix, Celypha lacunana |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX9yqGKa_dr1xPu7h9zbTJAJgV4ygaDSJ4ewetECG5nqf6Tm-D768HXaoo5MBflU0Hkc7vW5l5a-KrxUYwhX5EXwE10xEpbXbky7uNNusMFWv5ajiul2XqsRi7YgP1SGcNoEq8XuP08_o/s1600/Garden+Grass-veneer,+Chrysoteuchia+culmella+1824.jpg) |
Garden Grass-veneer, Chrysoteuchia culmella |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyP8qLJsddGx8sggUitSfobRj8STPlUYT4_FVOS_1nX3D9lLuId-NFpMXEHUeimdNNR0qFq7GBItt6oVy8GiRKL5I-awhZmBrbLhObkQqxLjlhVORJ7FIKc_27jX558wFrshcdTsTpUj4/s1600/Green+Oak+Tortrix,+Tortrix+viridana+1808.jpg) |
Green Oak Tortrix, Tortrix viridana |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6XyZcJfAg4QZ_EnO9S2KHXKBlj9pr6p7fcPc0hmQ8rLANHdEJ51ftkoSr6fVjkq0QG8J_vsibbG5qPBX2sREm_Cnymn5jt3MayDb7F8OTyHJu4VGvNSvFKfkgOg6T9FO3a3JwBfgzINw/s1600/Hazel,+Corylus+avellana+7040.jpg) |
Hazel buds, Corylus avellana |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-vhisIJISvWjNw1x2zYPdxxOp-I9RB6pq6cfLBXPVP9nnH6LQWuLD67zK4tUw22YEObqnvn3fTyCV2FelGvEMrcLGBPg-pkNqmf47MsiLnu50LmSc3C53Dw3ypK8eJ5nvzDZbgmjC5W8/s1600/Powdered+Knot-horn,+Pempeliella+dilutella+1765.jpg) |
Powdered Knot-horn, Pempeliella dilutella |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiQcE5p26H9i5hIiS2COi5hkmJA_axr_yeiaMvDrK9dll5R-HPWexXA9DSzOcJjOel_9d_0P8SOwqIIIW33oQmq4gLKZMynFJNXAq6AHkvRdkIwMHOQTAiYnWy6l7dgMBNKb8BQ1OB6SQ/s1600/Roe+Deer,+Capreolus+capreolus+1770.jpg) |
Roe Deer, Capreolus capreolus |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAOBrk_8nLIvn108zsZ6OC5PYbx4WuQcFmbHg-wQt1pquwvnmhvwtOrzUzGsmH9Uh2dVgYd01f0hXnpIfs28MsLmru6FbSv013PLhp0rrhe5i6EHZtmuRdrlG0C0lzG7hsYU4lnahPE3w/s1600/Silver-washed+Fritillary,+Argynnis+paphia+1767.jpg) |
Silver-washed Fritillary, Argynnis paphia |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP6AuOun8wYWwBIPAv5aJPzW9GuVGph_1MVGMNDh7ZWvVvhUyvzUQ8dzTQ-B4DANBrT7FYYfl_mSpsvEd3TfenEj2mwft57zS2OMUQbb4QqFrP-hQRL48OHIqddG9E_1sh4yzV69QgyUM/s1600/Small+Fan-footed+Wave,+Idaea+biselata+1823.jpg) |
Small Fan-footed Wave, Idaea biselata |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGlq71afkYqxFZaJz0lZ2CdINcSBRP_GnNgKPfjGwb1h-ZpTLKQIpO2TEl4g7ExdhPjQT0KYmY_rWRo9EDU3NHZWUIjFU91sRt_RfYUQoMRAKeDOzI3VJAo24vivaV6DtGiRLm14Fi0hE/s1600/Straw-barred+Pearl,+Pyrausta+despicata+1762.jpg) |
Straw-barred Pearl, Pyrausta despicata |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEJcyDUC5kwxjdQ-r4gkcUmcDvibFACu1phWLZhX2-Ve212mNms-cAmKcdCnUqvwS35WM30MNAQuumXaojOk03zRH5AyKC5reZ-x4s74oexCZTX4N7A2zdgQ55NKNAParAOLdEFtgaPPo/s1600/Yellow+Shell,+Camptogramma+bilineata+1828.jpg) |
Yellow Shell, Camptogramma bilineata |
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