Piddington Wood - 9 June 2011

A trip to Oxfordshire was met by a period of overcast and showery periods, which for some reason seemed to hang over the wood, where other areas were in bright sunshine. In the morning a couple of Black Hairstreaks were seen briefly during a few short bursts of sunlight. Buzzard and Red Kite were overhead, with a reeling Grasshopper Warbler and Marsh tits in the wood. Lunch time was spent in a local cafe 8 or so miles away in bright sunshine, the wood on my second return visit was still overcast, but bumping into a couple of UTBC members, a Black Hairstreak freshly emerged was found on the grass and put to saftey from beign trampled upon. A visit ot Whitegreen Cross Wood which was in almost total cloud cover and cold was unfruitful.

Common Blue - female

Speckled Wood

Brown Hairstreak