
Wood White. Photo: Donald Simcock

Wood White. Photo: Donald Simcock
Two photos from Donald both taken on 23/05/2024 and sent in telling us:
We have had a few days away camping at Uplyme and walking into Lyme Regis everyday. We weren’t looking for butterflies and I hadn’t taken the right camera lens for them but we did see 6 Wood Whites. The first ones behind the sea defences in the flowery scrub on the East cliff. Then more up some steps that led to the car park and coast path. They are a dainty butterfly with a slow wing beat and very shy – as soon as I started watching them they stopped flying and headed for cover. However, they weren’t easily spooked as I got closer and closer to photograph them.