Saturday, 23 July 2016

Medmerry and a Swallowtail or not?

A bit of excitement with a report of a Swallowtail in Birdham this morning but it now appears that, thanks to the power of Twitter, it is actually a victorina stelenes, thus:


Or perhaps a Malachite, siproeta stelenes.

The original taken by Paul Stent here for comparison:



On to Medmerry & I cycled down to the stilt pools from Easton Lane bumping into AH and his group of ladies on the way (!), not a vast amount going on but there's usually something to see here.


Water Beetles:




Common Blue:




Small Skipper:




Saliconia sp.:




Sea Kale:




Common Sandpiper:




Common Darter: