Although not overly unexpected it was good to add White-letter Hairstreak to the Rainham Marshes butterfly list. This largely arboreal species is doing well locally and we have often hoped that our small patch of remnant Elm scrub would eventually drag one in from the surrounding countryside. Hopefully this will be the start of a small colony here as as happened with Green Hairstreak over the last three years.
Chris Lowe
Mark Hart
Howard Vaughan, Information Officer
What great pics of a beautiful butterly !
Well done Chris and Mark