A change of scenery today and a nice little trip to the Bardney Limewoods to see what goodies i could find.
After finding a parking place on the approach road as the visitor centre car park is currently closed and the approach road being re-surfaced,i walked the short distance into the woodland.
The first place i stopped was the Butterfly garden and i found a cracking Hoverfly,of which i've only ever seen one before,Ferdinandea cuprea.
This species is essentially a woodland species,with a widespread but local distribution,so a nice species to find.
It wasn't long before i was watching my first targets,with 2 Purple Emperor,Purple Hairstreak and the first of 24 Silver-washed Fritillary and all before 9am.
I carried on up to five ways,meeting a few others looking and enjoyed another couple of Purple Emperors,more SWF and a very mobile Hummingbird Hawkmoth.
I had only 1 Purple Emperor on the ground today and that was brief to say the least,but it was great to see these lovely butterflies cruising around,i even had one flying around me at one point,just great to watch......still not as good as the Camberwell i found in 2006 though!.
I walked around the Minting Triangle seeing more of the same and some nice dragons which included several Brown and 1 Southern Hawker and the numbers of Butterflies were pretty impressive,with 18 species seen during the visit which included 10 Purple Emperor,14 Purple Hairstreak,24 Silver-washed Fritillary,51 Small White and 8 White Admiral.
By now it was lunch time and unbearable in the heat,so i wandered back to the car and headed home.
The following are my best efforts with the camera.
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| Hoverfly Sp.- Ferdinandea cuprea. |
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| Hoverfly Sp. - Myathropa florea. |
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| Silver-washed Fritillary. |
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