12 x Green-veined White. 1 x Peacock. Later: 6 x Green-veined White, 2 x Orange Tip, male, 1 x Orange Tip, female, 1 x Small Tortoiseshell.
Bright and warm.
Everything at sea-level is more advanced than the local specimens. We don't even have Birds-foot Trefoil in bud.
Dovesfoot Cranesbill - Geranium molle.
A Buzzard circled overhead. Not a bad shot from a macro lens.
The roadside Willows had several specimens of the 10-spot Ladybird. Length about 4mm.
A scarce shot of the Honeybee - Apion sp.
Mouse-eared Hawkweed was just about to open fully.
Again, the Ribwort Plantain is ahead of ours.
Sea Plantain has sawtooth leaves and yellow stamens.
Scarlet Pimpernel is another plant I only find near the sea.
A new species for the website: Sea Pearlwort: Sagina maritima. The yellowish flowers are about 2 mm. across.
Sea Spurge is a very architectural plant.
And Thrift is fully open.
I often find that the very earliest wasps have a slight greenish tinge to the yellow.
Possibly the tattiest Peacock I've seen this year.
The three most frequently-encountered 'small whites' at the moment:
Female Green-veined White (left) and male Green-veined White (right).
And the female Orange Tip:
I was a little surprised to find these two male Orange tips sharing a roost on an uncurling fern.
