Itchen Valley Nature Reserve

It's been a few years since we last walked in Itchen Valley Nature Reserve; we used to live closeby. 

It was a rather gloomy day, and we left just as the rain started to fall. Hardly optimal for butterflies, and we indeed saw very few: a green-veined white and a few small whites.

At one point, near the water, we saw what looked like a very strange butterfly with dark wings fluttering along the vegetation. As it came closer, it was clear it wasn't a butterfly at all; it was a male banded demoiselle, a species of damselfly! Not seen a demoiselle before, so that was nice.

Back to butterflies, you probably don't need the table, but let's remain consistent.