Our last visit was 24th June
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for the flowers, so it was interesting to see how things have changed in the last fortnight. The greater butterfly orchids are on their last legs and the St John's wort and meadow sweet are really dominating. Plenty of northern brown argus on the wing whenever the sun was out together with: common blue, ringlet, meadow brown, small heath and painted ladies. The melancholy thistle are in different states - the patch on the right as you enter the reserve are at their best while those at the far end of the reserve are past their best. Remarkably there were still some bird's-eye primrose out and a cowslip! The water crowfoot is still in flower and the monkey flower has really blossomed in the river over the past 14 days.
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| Northern brown argus ........ |
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| A pair of northern brown argus. |
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| Views .......... |
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Top: broad-leaved helleborine; fragrant orchid and twayblade
Below: common spotted orchids and fragrants. |
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Common blue....above and below ...
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| Melancholy thistle and red admiral. |
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| Small heath; ringlet; burnet moth and speckled woods. |
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Bloody crane's-bill, bird's-eye primrose, water crowfoot and monkey flower and seed heads.
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