6 of us met at the village hall for a walk around Bury Green to Much Hadham and then back along the River Ash.
A good walk in glorious weather gave the first records of a broad bodied chaser dragonfly near The Ford. A visit to a superb private garden gave views of brown hawker (1st for the year) 
, emperor dragonfly, 4 spot chasers and black tailed skimmers. On the bird front, all was sexceptionally quiet, with a calling tawny owl and little owl being the highlight.
, emperor dragonfly, 4 spot chasers and black tailed skimmers. On the bird front, all was sexceptionally quiet, with a calling tawny owl and little owl being the highlight. Butterflies were recorded in good numbers with marbled whites being seen (2) along with Essex skippers, ringlet, speckled wood, comma, large and small white, gatekeeper and meadow brown, However, the highlight was the first year records of purple hairstreak, found in 2 locations. We were lucky enough to find one feeding on the floor, as shown here.
The other photos depict the broad bodied chaser, Essex skipper and a swallow on the wires at The Ford.
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Hi Jono, I've just come across your post - Nature Walk:11.07.10. I'm in the process of gathering data for an article I'm doing on the Purple Hairstreak butterfly, I was hoping you could help me ? I'm really interested in you Purple Hairstreak photo in this post, seen on the ground. Please if it's not too much trouble would you mind finding out some information for me ? I would love to know exactly what time the photo was taken, by looking at the exif data on the image file, this would be most valuable to me. I'm assuming the photo was taken on the 11.07.10 ? Your help is much appreciated and your involvement will be credited in the final article. Many thanks, Jamie.
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