'Virtual' Fleam Dyke visit

Unfortunately, due to the current restrictions and social distancing, the ANW Project Team decided to cancel the trip to Fleam Dyke yesterday.  However, that certainly does not mean that the butterflies aren't there!
Andy and Polly M, and David and Gaynor F have both been recently and can thoroughly recommend a visit. You can park along the small lane alongside the A11, then cross the footbridge then walk a short distance along Fleam Dyke (see instructions at the bottom of this post).

However, in the mean time, I thought it would be nice to show a 'virtual trip', and what you might expect to see there in terms of butterflies:

Looking back along Fleam Dyke from 'Bedford Gap' towards the A11 footbridge

 A multitude of flowers along the south-facing bank

 Brimstone

Red Admiral 

 Essex Skipper

 Painted Lady

  Painted Lady

 Meadow Brown

Gatekeeper

Chalkhill Blue 

Chalkhill Blue 

 Chalkhill Blue 

 Peacock 

 Dark Green Fritillary

 Dark Green Fritillary 

Small White

 Skipper [DF]

Chalkhill Blue [DF]

Other butterfly species seen (but not photographed) included Green-veined White, Large White, Small Tortoiseshell, Small Skipper, White-letter Hairstreak and Marbled White.

 Pyramidal Orchid

Knapweed - an interesting white form

 Cinnabar Moth caterpillar

A pale White-tailed Bumblebee

How to get there - from the A11 heading north - turn off the A11 at the Fulbourn junction, and at the junction turn left then immediately right onto the small road alongside the A11.  There is a small car parking bay just after the footbridge).

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