Back down to the South Downs to see how the butterflies were getting on at Horseshoe Plantation. The middle of July is when the Chalkhill Blues start to become really quite common, mostly males but today I found an unusually coloured female which caught my attention. I also found my first Silver-spotted Skippers of the year. They seem to emerge on the slope that goes up to the top of the hill and thereafter disperse to the lower part of HP on both sides of the wood. Other species of note were a good-looking Painted Lady, Large Skippers, a female Large White and a male Brown Argus.
female Chalkhill Blue female Chalkhill Blue male Brown Argus female Chalkhill Blue Large Skipper female Large White female Large White Painted Lady Silver-spotted Skipper
