Friday, June 10

I've been away for a couple of days. Yesterday, I visited Flag Fen near Peterborough, where I spotted a Small Tortoiseshell along with several Whites.

Small Tortoiseshell butterfly

Later that same day, I went to Grimes Graves near Thetford. I saw 3 Common Blue butterflies chasing one another as I walked across the car park. Common Blue and Small Heath butterflies were plentiful.

Common Blue butterfly
Small Heath butterfly

I also saw a couple of small brown butterflies, possibly Dingy Skippers but I'm not sure, and in the distance a Brimstone butterfly.
I did manage to get a photograph of one of the Cinnabar Moths at Grimes Graves; these are day-flying moths often mistaken for butterflies.

Cinnabar Moth

At this time of year, you will see more butterflies out in the countryside than in the garden. However, my husband reports a blue in my garden today - possibly a Common Blue butterfly.

1 Comments:

At 5:25 PM, Anonymous said...

Hi Linda, Please could you answer this question on your blog. I have seen very few butterflys this year, are you finding the same? Thankyou.

 

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