Absolutely fabulous impromptu visit to Portland today. Up at ‘silly o’clock’ (4.30am!) and wandering around by 9.00.
— Glen Maddison (@GlenOrioleglen) June 21, 2023
Great-green Bush Cricket, Mother Shipton, Marbled Whites and Bloody-nosed Beetle to start…. pic.twitter.com/3gkbEiMpH0
….with a follow up cast of…Lulworth Skippers, Small Skippers, Small Heath and first Gatekeepers of the year…. pic.twitter.com/Mag6V84o0J
— Glen Maddison (@GlenOrioleglen) June 21, 2023
…Six-belted Clearwing… pic.twitter.com/Gv2xWRyV8g
— Glen Maddison (@GlenOrioleglen) June 21, 2023
…with a finale at Tout Quarry, where I saw Hummingbird Hawkmoth, amazingly a Norfolk Hawker (!), Grayling, plus a few showy Silver-studded Blues and Speckled Yellow Moths! What a great day out!! pic.twitter.com/WTkxFcSU91
— Glen Maddison (@GlenOrioleglen) June 21, 2023