An all day trip that started with my first visit to High and Over - a beautiful location on the South Downs that overlooks the Cuckmere Valley on one side. Plenty of Pyramidal Orchids still in flower here and my first Chalkhill Blue of the year plus several Marbled White. Then on to Hollingbury Park in Brighton where I managed to find a couple of White-letter Hairstreak nectaring on the thistles as well as a pair of Small Skipper mating. On the way home I dropped in at my patch Horseshoe Plantation to watch the Blues and the Browns slowly going to roost - always a magical moment.
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| view from High and Over |
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| Marbled White |
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| Pyramidal Orchid |
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| Pyramidal Orchid |
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| Shaggy Ink Cap Mushroom |
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| Small Skipper pairing |
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| White-letter Hairstreak |
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| White-letter Hairstreak |
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| White-letter Hairstreak |
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| Brown Argus |
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| male Common Blue |
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| male Common Blue |
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| Marbled White pairing |
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| male Chalkhill Blue |