26-09-2018
Brimstone (14)
Large White (3)
Small White (2)
Green-veined White (1)
Small Copper (1)
Red Admiral (1)
Peacock (1)
Comma (3)
Speckled Wood (5)
12.45 - 14.00. SC seen was form/ab. caeruleopunctata (photo). 11 male/3 female Bs. Male Bs emerge earlier in spring - is the ratio seen on Wednesday related, I wonder? Fresh flowering hemp agrimony, regrowth in areas cut or strimmed earlier in the year, was a popular foodplant. Later on a ClY seen nectaring at SU068331 (photo), and probably a second approaching me in flight further along the woodland edge 10 minutes later.
Simon Crampin