Whitecross green & Aston Rowant Sat 2nd July

With Whitecross green Nature reserve only being a mile down the road from where I live and no work, I thought instead of staying in bed I would get up to try and photograph some roosting Marbled whites. I arrived on site at 5.45 am and wasn't that hard finding them.

 Mating Marbled whites

 Marbled white

 Marbled white

 Marbled white

I spent a few hours here and then headed home. With Julie now out of bed we decided to head up to Aston Rowant NNR for Orchids and Butterflies. Hundreds of Common spotted orchids were in flower along with Pyramidal, Fragrant, Twayblade, Frog and a single Bee orchid. A Common spotted X Chalk Fragrant orchid was also found. Butterflies seen were Large white, Common blue, Meadow brown, Marbled white, Ringlet, and Julie spotted a single Dark green fritillary.

 Pyramidal orchid

 Frog orchid

 Frog orchid

 White Common spotted orchid

 Common spotted orchid

 Common spotted orchid

 Pyramidal orchid

 Common spotted X Fragrant orchid