A brown butterfly with white and orange markings on a green leaf

White-letter Hairstreak. Photo: Mark Pike

A brownish grey butterfly with black, white and orange markings on a green leaf

Purple Hairstreak. Photo: Mark Pike

A brown butterfly with white and orange markings on a pink flower

Brown Hairstreak. Photo: Mark Pike

The combination of Alner’s Gorse and Mark Pike with his camera produced this collection of three different Hairstreaks all seen on just one visit to the Reserve yesterday, 06/07/2026 – an amazing “hat trick” of Hairstreaks.

Leave a Reply