
Essex Skippers. Photo: Shona Refoy

Essex Skippers. Photo: Shona Refoy
Two photos from Shona sent in telling us:
There were plenty of Small/Essex Skippers at Badbury Rings this morning, 05/07/2023. I positively identified five of them as Essex Skippers, including this, my first ever mating pair. It was tricky taking photos, as they were on top of a wobbly flower amongst other vegetation, in a wind tunnel between the Rings – everything was being blown sideways! The pair separated soon after the bottom photo was taken, the male then sat nearby.