MONDAY 22ND APRIL 2019

HOLME PIERREPONT.

Another unsuccessful go for the Green Hairstreaks was preceded by a circuit of Blotts where I fortuitously got two Linnets for the price of one….

Linnets

….and a lark ascending.

Skylark

In searching for the elusive butterfly, I was distracted by a few flowers: I suppose this ranks as Wild Pansy Viola tricolor but mmmm – only two colours so not the genuine article which is apparantly rather rare.

Pansy
Thyme-leaved Speedwell (Veronica serpyllifolia)

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