One of our guided walks this year was on 10 August on Bowers Quarry on the West side of Portland. It was a good day, despite the windy weather.

The group in the photo above is fascinated by a Skipper: we had to wait for it to open its wings to decide if it was a Lulworth Skipper.  It wasn’t!

Chalkhill Blues were a delight, and especially interesting, as they are not doing well elsewhere in Dorset.

Chalkhill Blue. Photo: Mark Pike

Three days later Dorset Council closed the section of the coast path we walked on to access this site because of a landslip at another point on the path, so we only just made it.

We are nearly at the end of our guided walk season: just one left, on 26 August at Ballard Down near Swanage.  However, we do have a few other things going on, and we will soon be starting our Conservation Action Days, plus we have our annual Branch Members’ Day on 2 November: see our Events page for full information.