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Grizzled Skipper, Pyrgus malvae |
A visit to Mill Hill today convinced me that Spring has arrived. I did my
butterfly transect with the following results: Brimstones (2♂, 1♀), Peacocks 5, Small
Tortoiseshell 1, Grizzled Skippers 3, moths: Barred
Tooth-striped, Common Purple and Gold, Straw-barred
Pearl, Wavy-barred Sable. At times there were 3 peacocks battling in the
air. I had 6 sightings of adders (4 black, 2 silver), including 2 males
performing a dominance dance. Lindsay
Morris spotted the first 3 Grizzled Skippers, then I found some myself, all on
the north end of the bottom of the hill.
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Adder, Vipera berus |
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male adders performing domination dance |
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Barred Tooth-striped, Trichopteryx polycommata |
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Black Slug, Arion ater agg. |
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Brimstone, Gonepteryx rhamni |
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Common Lizard, Zootoca vivipara |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeuVSeHu46IHWnBzSVnAnrm10OYwFLbthGdPGtVP1vcPyA4nzNzadlwqcevfcqq-OXJ8aHYN4uvkDCTn15c_9TADlVVFq8DGzMo-UqKcfVZBHEznzuTnYc71irNZo60TUOIljy6CfnyhA/s320/Common+Purple+and+Gold%252C+Pyrausta+purpuralis+7223.jpg) |
Common Purple and Gold, Pyrausta purpuralis |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNMqHVer8V9xnpaYmbMPip2kmhzAhRfrlQUkROkREoJ_isebUVeA02Byh3GT04zZnXMx9EHC6YviBMw0NzrkQZgUP4YP_JTy-o5sG6Usu_wcTs7vEm1cAfuRws1VOPgxe9FViVXpSuYOo/s320/Garden+Snail%252C+Helix+aspersa+7269.jpg) |
Garden Snail, Helix aspersa |
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Grizzled Skipper, Pyrgus malvae |
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Grizzled Skipper |
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view from Mill Hill |
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Small Tortoiseshell, Aglais urticae |
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Song Thrush egg, Turdus philomelos |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeF44zCBfH1Qg22pjSS13Qku8gspBabrM5c5E0L0k8KB_tl97AiA21mabRQ9iPNmKk1NQ3v67lmgUz4V1djRjU_scfJqqWdJ8_0JpD3jqrcC9l2agyou9aJhLWL2H37Bp_0Bz0qCjVF94/s320/Straw-barred+Pearl%252C+Pyrausta+despicata+7260.jpg) |
Straw-barred Pearl, Pyrausta despicata |
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Wavy-barred Sable, Pyrausta nigrata |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPjJQKv2TH1F6NxVuq6qDeFVe0KKgZJa7NYAnCon__vbyN81gFT0AlqWNatPs_F7deSeWrLwrN10T4kTwlXDgg7kInkNLdDSHNIH4KV5oKZu5aRWk9lWhl-QqKBQIbqiSaYz6xVdgWv1k/s320/Wood+Violet%252C+Viola+riviniana+7236.jpg) |
Wood Violet, Viola riviniana |
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Wood Violets |
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more Wood Violets |
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