Sunday, August 23, 2020

Keyhaven to Lymington coast path

Another walk we've down several times, mostly to look at birds. Never looked at butterflies, but this coast path is mentioned as one of the best places in the county to see wall brown. I've seen these many years ago in France and Spain, but never in Britain; my wife has never seen them at all.

Weather was far from ideal for butterflies: heavy clouds and a strong and blustery wind. Not surprisingly, we only saw two butterflies: a single small white and a single wall brown. Yes, we did see one, just as it was blown away by a gust of wind! Not very good, but enough for a positive id.

The customary table:

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