Eartham Woods

I did a whistle-stop tour of Eartham Woods this morning on the MTB but no sign of anything purple for me! Silver-washed Fritillaries, Ringlets, Meadow Browns, Small Skippers and again a single White Admiral were about but all dwarfed by the sheer numbers of Red Admirals which were everywhere! If there was a piece of dog/horse "manure" on the ground then it had a Red Admiral or three sat on it imbibing the salts. Apart from those the only other butterfly not motoring by in the bright sun and heat were a few Brimstones which were far more helpful as far as posing for a picture goes.

Brimstone: