Sunday 23 June 2019

Whites and Hairstreaks

You know birding is slow in the summer when attention is turned to the other winged wonders, butterflies. following last weekends local Heath Fritilleries today I got my first Marbled Whites and White-letter Hairstreaks of the year on Benfleet Downs. 



Sunday 16 June 2019

Heath Fritillaries in South Essex Woods

This spring I have visited both Hockley Woods and Belfairs Woods in search of Heath Frits and seems this year is a good one for this superb butterfly. Belfairs Woods on 15th June produced around 90+ very smart individuals. 

The broken cloud and on/off sunny spells meant that most were not blatting around at a hundred miles an hour but were perched up trying to get what sun they could. The next few images are from Belfairs. 

Looking back over the years I have included other favourite images of numerous Heath Frits from Belfairs Woods, Hockley Woods and Starvelarks Woods; now is the time to see them at their best. 

Heath Fritillary, Belfairs Woods, 15th June 2019



Heath Fritillaries from years past: Belfairs, Hockley and Starvelarks Woods