Alners Gorse & Lydlinch Common report

Visited Alners Gorse & Lydlinch Common today to see what butterflies were around. Alners Gorse is surprisingly wet underfoot, and there was very little activity, spotting a few Large Skippers (Ochlodes sylvanus) and a couple of Brimstones (Gonepteryx rhamni). For your information Alners Gorse has semi-wild horses grazing there at present.

Lydlinch Common wasn’t any better for butterflies, a couple of Large Skippers and 1 Small Heath, although there are a lot of orchids there. The lack of butterflies may have had something to do with the rain that started very shortly after arriving at Lydlinch Common.

Large Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus) at Alners Gorse.

Olympus OM-D EM-5 DSLR & Zuiko Olympus 90mm Macro F2 lens at F4

A Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) at Alners Gorse.

Olympus OM-D EM-5 DSLR & Zuiko Olympus 90mm Macro F2 lens at F4. Image cropped

A Large Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus) at Lydlinch Common.

Olympus OM-D EM-5 DSLR & Zuiko Olympus 90mm Macro F2 lens at F4

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