Pearl

A backlit beauty, and a new moth for me on my patch: Evergestis pallidata, known by some as the Chequered Pearl.

I’m back in work day mode for the rest of the week, so I just took a lunchtime walk down to the woods and meadows, It was the warmest day we’ve had for a while and starting to feel like high summer. There were scores of Meadow Brown and Ringlet. butterflies and I also recorded small numbers of: Speckled Wood, Large White, Small White, Green-veined White, Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell, Large Skipper and Small Skipper. 

If this weather keeps up I should see my first Gatekeeper of the year by the end of the week, and it’s time to keep my eyes peeled for Purple and Whilte Letter Hairstreaks.