After the Leavers' Assembly at a Hertford school to which I was invited, I popped up to Broxboune Woods. Usual suspects in good numbers: meadow browns, gatekeepers, large whites, commas, ringlets, a few peacocks and only one small tortoiseshell.
However, down the main ride, strangely no white admirals, but a few silver washed fritillaries, shown below ensuring another generation. Also, a few purple hairstreaks visible with the naked eye, enhanced with binoculars at the top of oaks. A quick search for purple emperors proved fruitless, but a good session, however. A brown and a migrant hawker also spotted as a few goldcrests called from the pines near the carpark and chiffchaffs did what it says on the tin.
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| pair of silver washed fritillaries |
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| same pair |
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| same pair again |
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| silver washed fritillary |
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| swf |
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| ringlet |
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