One of our guided walks this year was on 10 August on Bowers Quarry on the West side of Portland. Continue reading
Small Blue (male). Photo: Brian Arnold.
Brian was lucky enough to see this on the coat path near to the Tilly Whim caves. He says that within just a few yards there were Common Blue, Adonis Blue and Small Blue. What a marvellous site.
The Small Blue is very small, so it is easily overlooked. The male and female are both quite brown on top, though the male does have some blue near the body. They can look silvery in flight.
Wall Brown. Photo: Brian Arnold
This Wall Brown was seen by Brian on 8/05/18 on the coast path at Durlston. He had earlier completed the Durlston East transect walk with his wife Lerida and said they saw 4 Wall Browns , their first sightings of this butterfly this year.
The flight period of the Wall Brown is early April-October in 2-3 broods and their favoured habitat is grassy, rocky places, flowery meadows and woodland clearings.