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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 |
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| Common Purple and Gold, Pyrausta purpuralis |
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| 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 |
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| Straw-barred Pearl, Pyrausta despicata |
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| Wavy-barred Sable, Pyrausta nigrata |
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| Wood Violet, Viola riviniana |
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| Wood Violets |
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| more Wood Violets |
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