Bernwood Forest Tues 23rd June

I decided to go to Bernwood Forest this morning in the hope of seeing Purple Emperor. Ewan was already on site but hadn't seen any and with the amount of people up and down the tracks the hope of seeing one on the ground was never going to happen.So I switched to photographing a few Grasshoppers instead.

Meadow Grasshopper

Meadow Grasshopper

Male Woodland Grasshoper

Meadow Grasshopper

Male Woodland Grasshopper

Butterflies seen:-

Small Skipper
Large Skipper
Small White
Purple Hairstreak 1
Common Blue
White Admiral 1
Small Tortoiseshell
Comma
Red Admiral
Silver Washed Fritillary 6+
Marbled White
Meadow Brown
Ringlet

Dragonflies seen:-

Migrant Hawker 1
Emperor Dragonfly 2
Brown Hawker 1
Broad Bodied Chaser 3
Ruddy Darter 2

Grasshoppers/Crickets seen:-

Meadow Grasshopper
Woodland Grasshopper
Common Field Grasshopper
Dark Bush Cricket
Roesel's Bush Cricket