Painted Ladies have now started to arrive in the country after their long northward journey and several were seen at the weekend around the centre budhlias and the Ken Barrett Hide. I also saw several in North Kent at the weekend so get out there and check those flowers?
A cracking shot by Andrew Gouldstone.
A few newly emerged Brimstone are also on the wing and it would be nice to think that the caterpillars grew fat on the Alder Buckthorn that we planted around the car park area.
They are quite a tricky butterfly to get close to so this shot by Dawn Cowan deserves a mention...
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Howard Vaughan, Information Officer