July is here. Time to survey the butterflies on the White Path above Hill Road. The hot weather has been interrupted by bursts of significant rain, so conditions are building up to be very good for numbers.
Species seen: (12 species, 112 individuals)
Gatekeeper 31
Common Blue 6
Meadow Brown 13
Large White 12
Peacock 14
Small Copper 2
Red Admiral 20
Comma 4
Speckled Wood 7
Small White 1
Green-veined White 1
White Admiral 1
Non-butterflies:
Silver Y
Hummingbird Hawkmoths
Field Cuckoo Bumblebee
Common Darter
Common Darters, seemingly perched at the tip of every twig.
Median Wasp
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