Met up with Richard and Megan and we visited Ditchling Common.
Around 4 Black Hairstreaks also Broad Bodied Chaser, 2 Black tailed Skimmers and a surprise was a Red-eared (Terrapin) Slider, no doubt had been released into the pond.
Immature male Broad-bodied Chaser
Red-eared Slider
22nd June, 2019 Beachy Head
We visited Birling lane, Radio mast bushes, Hotel Garden, Icky Ridge, Cliff Path, Old Trapping Area, Shooters Bottom, Belle Tout wood.
Needless to say very few birds seen, but reasonable numbers of butterflies.
Meadow Brown c70
Common Blue 6
Small Heath c60
Marbled White 16
Large Skipper 6
Small Skipper 3
Painted Lady 2
Small White 1
Speckled Wood 3
Diamond -backed Moth c80
Pyramidal Orchid 12
Bee Orchid 3
View looking from the Old Trapping Area towards
Belle Tout and Birling Gap.
Odd looking colour on this Bee Orchid
Normal looking Bee Orchid
Two very long stemmed Pyramidal Orchids at Birling
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Pyramidal Orchid in the Old Trapping Area
Marbled White along the Cliff Path.
Common Blue in the Old Trapping Area.
Large Skipper along the Cliff Path
Two toad-stalls in Shooters Bottom
Doreen photographing
Two Common Buzzards soaring over the set-aside field.
