13-07-2022
Small Skipper (12)
Large Skipper (1)
Large White (1)
Small White (5)
Red Admiral (1)
Small Tortoiseshell (3)
Peacock (1)
Marbled White (52)
Gatekeeper (241)
Meadow Brown (171)
Ringlet (98)
Shaded Broad-bar (3)
Yellow Shell (2)
Humming-bird Hawk-moth (1)
Of approximately 80 small skippers, 12 were identified positively - all were Small, no Essex detected. Also 4 unidentified whites - probably Small. The Hummingbird Hawk-moth was nectaring on Lady's Bedstraw, not something I have seen many insects using.
Robin Griffiths