The main reason for the Swells Hill visit was to see and hopefully photograph the beautiful Adonis Blues
Lysandra bellargus
A species I had never even seen before

I was truly amazed by the electric blue colour of this pristine male
Many thanks to Jenny (Jenny-D), for her generous award, given to yesterday's upload - means a million
Catch up later - off to
The Coppice to try and get the place ship shape for the coming bird season
Adrian
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