Brian sent us these photos of his first sightings this year of these two butterfly species together with the following comments:
We went for a walk up Ballard Down today, 04/05/2020 following the coast path from the Ballard Estate in North Swanage to Old Harry Rocks at Handfast Point. It was a very dull windy day, but luckily the sun came out as we got to the upper slopes. On the way up from Ballard Estate we found a number of butterflies that were sheltered from the wind on the south east facing slope. There were Small White, Red Admiral, Holly Blue, Brown Argus (the first I have seen this year), Small Heath (the first I have seen this year), Speckled Wood, Wall, Dingy Skipper and a rather lovely pair of Bloody Nose Beetles.