Hazleton Common

Vipera berus and Anguis fragilis

Vipera berus

Vipera berus

Anguis fragilis

Lissotriton helveticus

Andrena (Adrena) clarkella

Polygonia c-album

Adder (Vipera berus L.), West Sussex

Six (of seven) adder seen this morning on the chalk grassland of West Sussex.

The snakes weren't the only animals enjoying the bright sunshine and relative warmth of this spring morning. Plenty of bumblebees were about and brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni), peacock (Aglais io) and comma (Polygonia c-album) butterflies were also seen.

On the wing at Portsdown Hill

green-veined white (Pieris napi)

speckled wood (Pararge aegeria)

comma (Polygonia c-album)

mint moth (Pyrausta aurata)

knot grass (Acronicta rumicis)

orange tip (Anthocharis cardamines) ♀

early grey (Xylocampa areola)

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.