Tuesday, 11 August 2026

Ringstead Down - 10th August 2026

 An afternoon walk in between a very nice lunch at the Castle Rising tearooms and not so pleasant shopping at Tesco's in Fakenham. There had been a Queen of Spain Fritillary seen there, but that wasn't the reason for the visit since Chris found and photographed the Queen of Spain at Holkham a few weeks ago and had seen the Ringstead ones previously. We were just looking at butterflies and dragonflies in general and enjoying an unusual area of North Norfolk countryside not usually seen.

Clouded Yellow

Hummingbird Hawkmoth at rest

A real blast from the past - old NWT sign and logo

Red Admiral


Ringstead Down

Chalkhill Blue

Small White

Wall

Migrant Hawker

Many of the wild flowers have gone over now and apart from whites, butterflies are not as plentiful as a few weeks ago. We didn't find the Fritillary but were very pleased with the Chalkhill Blue. Fingers crossed for a second Norfolk colony.