Side view of butterlfy with hindling mainly brown, and top wing orange with eye spot and brown edge

Gatekeeper. Photo: Paul Godier

Brown butterfly with ring markings hidden in foliage

Ringlet. Photo: Paul Godier

Paul tells us:

Boscombe has a good crop of peacocks, skippers and marbled whites this summer, and yesterday [26 June] I saw my first Gatekeeper, and a nibbled Ringlet was a bonus.

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