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Wednesday, 14 May 2025

Green Hairstreaks and a Turtle Dove!

Paul, one of our oldest friends from our days as space memorabilia dealers, drove for three hours to join us in a butterfly hunt in North Norfolk. First stop was Salthouse Heath, where we immediately found first one, then a second beautiful Green Hairstreak: the photos show how tiny they are! We became aware that a Turtle Dove was purring away in full view a hundred metres away and I was thrilled to grab a couple of images.

We moved to the Iron Road, where I'd seen lots of Wall Browns yesterday: perhaps it was the overcast and chill breeze, but we failed to find any today - but a Red Kite swooping overhead was some recompense. After coffee at the Visitors Centre we headed home via Hickling: Paul was keen to catch up with Swallowtail again. A walk around the whole reserve gave us three fly-bys but no photos, and we failed to find any Wall Browns either! (We did see lots of Hobbies, Marsh Harriers and Cranes!)

















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