Yesterday we had another day of rainless grey skies caused by a persistent
haar brought in from the sea, but with the weather today at last showing some improvement I was up at the seep again looking, mostly, for the butterflies which still refuse to visit our garden, despite the buddleia and verbena which are just coming into flower.
There were several species of butterfly on the wing, though few of each - including small heath, painted lady (above, drinking at the seep)....
....this fritillary, which I think may be a dark green....
....a meadow brown....
....and a specked wood. However, the find of the day was...
....this golden-ringed dragonfly which was busy laying her eggs in the shallow water of the seep.
We've seen this species at the seep doing the same thing once before.
For her sake, as well as for our gardens, I hope we have some rain soon, and then some good sunshine.
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