In the main, similar species were seen but in rather higher numbers, including several Painted Lady, Small Skipper and Essex Skipper, Small Copper, Small Heath, Gatekeeper and Common Blue, alongside the more familiar Small White, Green-veined White, Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock, Brimstone and Meadow Brown.
A couple of Painted Lady butterflies
Painted Lady
Painted Lady
Painted Lady
Small Copper - with its rather striking bright orange and black colouring
Green-veined White
Small White - with the darker yellow hind wing
Essex Skipper - with black-tipped antennae
Small Skipper - with orange tipped-antennae
A 'bonded pair' of mating Skippers
Small Tortoiseshell
Small Tortoiseshell
Peacock
Common Blue
Common Blue
Common Blue
Small Heath - unusually resting with its wings open ...
but only briefly - exactly the same Small Heath, seconds later.
Small Heath
Brimstone - camouflaged as a leaf as it rests in the hedge
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