Wonderful Butterflies at Foxley Wood

Great mate Paul drove over all the way from Derbyshire to hunt for butterflies with Linda and me. Our chosen venue was Foxley Wood, near Guist: not only is this a terrific place for White Admirals and Silver-washed Fritillaries, it also holds a good number of the beautiful Valezina female form of the latter.

The main reason for the visit, though, was to try to connect Paul with a Purple Emperor. Although it took us two hours, we eventually managed to see and image a female, with help from a small group of enthusiasts who'd located her in a tall Oak tree. In total we saw seventeen species in the wood including well over a hundred Silver-washeds!