We have enjoyed warm sunny weather now for a couple of weeks and at last I have managed to get a walk around the cemetery, woodland burial ground and the adjacent Horsefield or Gooseman's Field just a 5 minute walk from our suburban cul de sac. I was delighted to find good numbers of butterflies on the wing with 12 species in total. The best find was an essex skipper, very difficult to differentiate from the much more common small skipper, the best identifying difference being the tips of the antennae. In the essex they are all black and appear to have been dipped in black ink whereas the small has back/orange tips. This is very difficult to see except in a photograph so a problem when one the wing.
Comma
Gatekeeper
Gatekeeper
Green-veined White
Meadow Brown
Peacock
Essex Skipper
Small Skipper
Small Skipper
Small Tortoiseshell
Speckled Wood
Speckled Wood
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