Two brown and orange butterflies with black and white markings on a purple flower

Small Heath. Photo: Mark Pike

A blue butterfly with black, white and orange markings on a purple flower

Common Blue. Photo: Mark Pike

Mark sent in these photos taken on another visit to Ballard Down yesterday, 25/08/2024 telling us:

This time I counted 11 nice fresh Adonis Blues, another lovely marked female Common Blue and a pair of Small Heaths.  A tad better than my last visit a couple of weeks ago but still not the numbers of any species one might expect.

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