Old Winchester Hill -Sights and Sounds of Summer

Today, we had a glorious  morning on Old Winchester Hill with the RSPB group. (The hill, a site of an old Iron Age hillfort and  Bronze Age barrows, and now a nature reserve, is  actually about 15 miles east of Winchester, on the South Downs). 
It was hard to choose my favourite photo to represent our  visit, so I've included a few extras. The area is famous for its wild flowers and insects (and other invertebrates).  
The main shows a 6-Spot Burnet moth on Wild Marjoram.
In extras is a  Round Headed Rampion or Pride of Sussex, Phyteuma orbiculare, with a Mirid Bug ( Calocoris roseomaculatus). In Britain, this plant is really only found on the chalk  grasslands of the South Downs, where it flourishes. It is a member of the Campanula family. 
There is also a picture of Self Heal (Prunella vulgaris) with a spider and its web, (who I only noticed when  I reviewed the photo later!)and  a photo to show the  rich diversity of the wildflowers on the reserve.  
Some of the hill is grazed by sheep, and I have included an extra of two shepherds we saw  who had rounded up their flock, mostly Herdwicks, to treat them for fly strike.  
The final extra is to show the general landscape where the outline of the old fort  can be seen quite clearly.
The walk leader entitled her walk  as sights and sounds of summer, and we did hear and see a few Yellowhammers, Greenfinches, Goldfinches, Green Woodpecker, and a Raven, too. Not so many butterflies, though, with a few Red Admirals, Gatekeepers, Meadow Browns, a few Brimstones, Commas, and Peacocks and one Skipper.   

This evening we enjoyed a great Uke Jam, so a full, but great day, all round.