It's amazing to reflect on how scarce Silver-washed Fritillaries once were: now they pop up all over the place - Linda and I even saw one at Notcutt's in the City!
On the way home from the North Coast yesterday, we stopped off at Holt Country Park: swerving the hordes of school kids doing 'field work', we walked through the woodland and out onto the heath. Down in the dips there were large swathes of Sundews: I've never seen so many of these amazing little carnivores in one place! A few Keeled Skimmers made short flights before disappearing among the juncus stems.
Almost every bramble bush held a couple of Silver-washeds, all in impeccable condition. Surprisingly, perhaps, we didn't come across any White Admirals on this visit.
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