A butterfly hunt to various locations in south Donegal. First a seaside wooded area, then a high heath, followed by a seaside limestone-edged bog, then back to seaside woodland.
Dull earlier, then brilliant sunshine.
I think I'll do this in more-or-less chronological order, so we started with the Small Heath (left) and the Meadow Brown (right).
Then a couple of images of the Common Blue (male)
And then the Small Blue.
The high heath offered up this Large Heath Butterfly - not actually much larger than the Small Heath. Patience is one of the keys to getting a picture of this butterfly - it's very active, and very wary.
In the same location I found the Heath Spotted Orchid and the Cross-Leaved Heath.
I'll finish today with the Self-Heal - again a bit earlier down here.
Tomorrow will see the bulk of today's remaining photos.