Lullington Heath NNR is a marvellous, and fairly remote, reserve. In high summer it is a great place to look for butterflies and day flying moths.
Marbled White.
Small Skipper feeding on Viper's Bugloss.
Forester.
Six Spot Burnet Moth.
On the day I visited I was able to see this species at different stages of its life cycle.
Caterpillar.
Caterpillar spinning a chrysalis.
A completed chrysalis.
An adult emerging from its chrysalis.
Thanks to Finn for spotting these fascinating stages.
Lady's Bedstraw,
Galium verum.
Viper's Blugloss.
Large Skipper.
Hummingbird Hawkmoth.
A rather wet White-tailed Bumblebee, Bombus lucorum, which had just been rescued from a water trough.
Dark Green Fritillary.
Cinnabar Moth caterpillars.
Weld, Research luteola. Used as yellow dye in medieval times.
I think this is an emerging Birdsnest fungus.
A Red Kite over Hill Road Eastbourne. This species is still unusual enough to cause the local gulls and corvids to get very excited.
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