Sussex Butterflies - 29th August 2019

Well it was a bit of a debate, do I or don't I, brave the M25 for a trip to Brighton for the Long-tailed Blues, after all it cannot be that bad leaving after 9, well more like 9.40, but it was as it often is, crap, 40 from Heathrow to past the A3, well that is what the signs said in reality it was slower, and coming back was worse as the 40 and crawling started 17 miles away from Heathrow!

So thank goodness there were at least three Long-tailed Blues on Whitehawk Hill and as ever a good round up of the state of the influx from Neil Hulme was obtained.

 Long-tailed Blue, three different specimens, 

identified by the amount of damage.

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Afterwards a quick visit to Anchor Bottom, for some Adonis Blues, plus a few other common specimens.

 Small Heath

 Meadow Brown

Common Blue

 Adonis Blue (above and below)

Migrant Hawker