On the Chalk .. Oxenbourne Down and Noar Hill

track to Oxenbourne Down

Chalk Hill Blue (Polyomattus coridon)

Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus)

Silver-spotted Skipper (Hesperia comma)

Noar Hill

Pyrausta nigrata

Autumn Gentian (Gentianella amarella)

Autumn Lady's Tresses
(Spiranthes spiralis)

Oxenbourne Down, Hampshire

Oxenbourne Down

Polyommatus Icarus on Carlina vulgaris

Epargyreus clarus on Scabiosa columbaria

A return to Old Winchester Hill

Vanessa cardui



Autographa gamma



Lysandra coridon



Polyomattus icarus



Colias croceus (record shot only)



Gonepteryx rhamni



Thymelicus sylvestris

Coccinella 7-punctata

Chalkhill Blue (Lysandra coridon L.), Minchinhampton Common

Chalkhill blue, male on carline thistle (Carlina vulgaris)
photo courtesy Alison Hogan - shot on iPhone 5

On the wing at Old Winchester Hill

chalkhill blue (Lysandra coridon), male



chalkhill blue, male



comma (Polygonia c-album)



Essex skipper (Thymelicus lineola)



large white (Pieris brassicae)



meadow brown (Maniola jurtina)



small skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris)



small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)



common blue (Polyomattus icarus)



chalkhill blue, fem.