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Thursday 27 June 2013

Small heath, Common blue, Small tortoiseshell and Painted lady butterflies on Chanctonbury Hill today.

Chanctonbury Hill is a lovely hill to climb.  And the orchids and butterflies on the western slopes were stunning this afternoon.
Common Spotted-orchids were... rather common and very beautiful.

A Small heath butterfly.
A Painted lady, just flown in from the continent -- the first that I had seen this year.

A Small tortoiseshell.

A Common blue butterfly.

Above is an exquisite white form of the Common Spotted-orchid.

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