Hillier Gardens

For the health reasons mentioned earlier, we haven't been able to go butterflying this year, so a trip to Hillier Gardens yesterday was our first opportunity.

As we arrived, the weather was rather cloudy, and, for quite a while, our count was stuck on 'one peacock' ....

But then the sun came out more and so did the butterflies!

In all, we saw nine species. Not as many as we usually see at Hillier's (normally during the summer months we're in double figures), but still pretty decent, given the mostly cloudy day. 

As to odo's, we saw just a single azure damsel ...

Here are the usual tables (one = 1; few = 2-4; several = 5-9; many = 10+):