Despite the
Grey skies, wind and threatening drizzle there was a lot of butterfly action on my walk from High and Over along The Comp and back along Greenway Bottom. The key factor was that it was warm. 8 species were recorded and I don't think I've ever seen so many
Speckled Wood on a walk before. Final counts were:
Speckled Wood (50+),
Wall (20+),
Small White (7),
Red Admiral (3),
Small Heath (3),
Common Blue (5),
Painted Lady (2) and
Adonis Blue (1).