As always we were hoping for a warm sunny day for our visit to Aston Rowant NNR on the Chilterns but we had only a brief sunny interlude in an otherwise overcast and breezy day. Thank you Jill for showing us the reserve which looks down on the M40 and to Richard for taking us there and sharing his expertise. Chalkhill Blues were fairly abundant but the windy conditions didn't help the task of getting an attractive composition as they were mainly on the ground. The target species was the Silver-Spotted Skipper and we did manage to find a few individuals but they proved very elusive. The best place was the bare soil/chalk patches where they were warming up, here in the company of a CHBlue and a Kite-tailed Robberfly.The flowers were great including this Clustered Bellflower and a Wild Candytuft. I spent a time photographing a Burnet Moth and cocoon and other insects (orange fly, not yet identified, and a Digger Wasp, Ectemnius spp)
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