Old Winchester Hill is our best butterfly site, based on the number of species we've seen there over the last few years. Due to health reasons, we haven't visited the site this year, but felt ready to give it a go yesterday.
Sun was out most of the time, and it wasn't very windy. Chalkies were out playing, and we also saw several common blues and a single brown argus. No adonis blues, though ...
One dark green fritillary showed itself, as well as a few red admirals.
Total of 14 species, three of which were new for the year; here are the tables (one = 1; few = 2-4; several = 5-9; many = 10+):
Not a butterfly, but a fellow lepidopteran: cinnabar moth caterpillars on ragwort.
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