Drumsticks

A Dark Green Fritillary, this time seen partially from below lit by the morning sun. From this angle you get a better idea of why it is so named, the greenish hue to the underwings is visible. In amongst the green are large white circular spots. The juniper berries to the left are filling out, the summer is moving on.

I came down the Knott, looking for Graylings, but didn't see any. As I cut across the little wood pasture, I saw a large butterfly flying rapidly around the yew canopy. Then it dropped into the middle of a large circular juniper bush. And there it stayed, while I leaned across the juniper, my weight supported by the bush, and poked the macro increasingly closer to it.

Wifie and I went to No 17 this evening as a reward for all the effort of the last few days, and on the way back there appeared to be a full scale rescue going on with someone stuck up to their chest in the estuarine mud off Sandside. Fortunately, it was a training exercise, and the man who was stuck clearly had some faith in the skills of his colleagues who were unsticking him.

It's a beautiful evening, and now it's time for Gus to have his walk along the shore (staying well clear of the mud).