Stubbers Green Bird Log: Jewels in the Grass

Saturday, 30 May 2015

Jewels in the Grass

Common Blue butterflies at Aldridge this afternoon. The third & fourth shots are of a female with practically all-blue wings.

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Mukkaspec01 June, 2015 20:01
Cracking shot's those ...
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Non-numbered bird = species not yet on British Category A,B,C list.

Also, 26 species of butterfly and 17 species of dragonfly recorded on site.