Broad-Bodied Chaser (male)

Another long - and hugely enjoyable, if rather hot - walk on the Magdalen Hill Butterfly Reserve.  I saw quantities of marbled whites, a lot of meadow browns, two common blues and a skipper - but of the others, the fritilleries and the 'aristocrats' nothing (except one red admiral, which made me cheer). Really, what has gone wrong with this year?

However, I was pleased to come home with this broad-bodied chaser.  There were three or four of them circling endlessly on the newly-dug pond.  It was good to see them there.

That's about it for today.  I had a long walk home as the bus failed to stop for me, but at least K had managed to unpack the grocery shop by the time I got in.  Honestly, the complications of modern life  ;)))

Enjoy your evenings, lovely blipfriends  xx