Collard Hill

This has to be one of the most well publicised sites in the country, so no point pretending the following were taken somewhere else...It was scorching hot today, so off to Collard Hill to try and get a glimpse of the large blue. Despite a dozen people on the slope looking for them, there had been no sightings when I arrived this morning. That didn't bode well, the large blue has been struggling this year after a poor spring and late start to the summer weather. I was wandering back along the slope (making my way back to the car), when a blue whizzed past me and settled on some wild thyme. It had to be one, and sure enough...

Large Blue: R. Harris

Managed a single snap before it disappeared. Plenty of other stuff to keep me interested for a another hour though, including:

Marbled white: R. Harris

Six-spot burnet: R. Harris

Pyramidal orchid: R. Harris

Bee orchid: R. Harris

Musk thistle: R. Harris

Dwarf thistle: R. Harris

Meadow cranesbill: R. Harris

Yellow-wort: R. Harris

Great-green Bush Cricket (imm): R. Harris

What another great morning in Somerset.