Magdalen Hill Down

For some reason, we didn't go to Magdalen Hill Down last year. With the warm sunny weather upon us, high time to go there again!

Not that many butterflies, to be honest; maybe it was just a bit too warm? Several chalk hill blues, but not a single common blue .... Most of the small skippers we saw were simply too fast to try and photograph.

And this year's generation of brimstones was out in force!

Several painted ladies as well; warm sunny weather has clearly gotten them to our coast.

And then, totally unexpectedly, a few golden-ringed dragonflies hunting up and down the main path.

Still ten butterfly species, plus the golden-ring. Here are today's tables (one = 1; few = 2-4; several = 5-9; many = 10+):