Had another jaunt to Knepp last Sunday in another doomed attempt to see or at least hear a Turtle Dove! No luck but did get to see some awesome Butterflies, including Purple Emperors, Silver-washed Fritillaries( I think) and my favourite Purple Hairstreaks. Birds were mostly heard rather than seen, the Storks seem to be just about surviving the heat on their nests! Some pics below.
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| Chiffchaff, still belting out a tune |
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| Linnet |
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| Beautiful Demoiselle also saw Banded Demoiselle |
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| Rabbit |
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| White Stork |
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| Purple Emperor, look beautiful but have some disgusting habits, this one slurping up some dung! |
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| Red Admiral |
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| Song Thrush |
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| Comma |
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| Pretty sure this is a Silver-washed Fritillary, saw several but this was the only one that sat still, the rest were whizzing about |
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| Red Kite |
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| Only saw one cow and calf |
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| Young Nuthatch |
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| Purple Hairstreak, tricky to get pics off, saw loads! |
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| Definitely my favourite Butterfly |
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| Speckled Wood |
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| Peacock |
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| White Stork |
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| Mama Pig spark out |
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| Piglets were more accurate |
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| Comma |
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| Purple Emperor |
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| Red Kite |
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| Common Whitethroat |
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| Great Crested Grebe family |
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| Dragonfly, maybe a Black-tailed Skimmer |
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| Blue Tit |
Was kin hot by the time I left at 11 o'clock!
