An excellent day again, organised by Butterfly Conservation and Natural England. First up was several wasp spiders right next to the car park, more than last year and yet more evidence of climate change as these are a southern European species. There were two walks: one south through the dunes and one north to Sea View. Despite the brisk westerly breeze there were good numbers of butterflies in the 24C temperatures. There were very large numbers of common blues and I was pleased to get shots of brown argus and small copper as well as wall brown, a speciality of the reserve. The highlight, however, was a clouded yellow. Quite a few of these beautiful butterflies have appeared this year; climate change in action as they also are a southern European species.
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