Chalk Hill Blue Butterflies

G and I went to Warham Camp this morning to photograph the Chalk Hill Blue butterflies. It was a lovely sunny morning without too much wind, so good butterfly weather. The flowers were going over a bit, so I think we were towards the end of the season, but still plenty of chalk hill blues to see and G even saw a hummingbird hawk moth - it had gone by the time I got to her. The photo on the left is the beautiful underwing of the male, the middle the upperwing of the male, and on the right is the upperwing of the female. G got a cracking photo of the female underwing https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3002621385387282208

Warham Camp is a very large iron age fort (1.5 hectares), consisting of massive earthworks (which you can still walk on top of) and ditches. I don't know how much it's been investigated by archaeologists, but it would make for a fascinating programme. It's also a SSSI. I found this aerial photo to give you an idea of the size of it https://www.webbaviation.co.uk/aerial/picture.php?%2F2592

We then drove up the road to visit a cafe next to Binham Priory for a much needed cuppa. I've added an Extras of a couple of camera photos of the priory / ruins - both collages are best seen large. A fab morning.