No, we had a cool grey start to the summer, but the last month or so hasn't been too bad at all... And yet I'm counting only three or four butterflies in places where I would have been counting a dozen or more last year.
Down here, we had a pretty dry spring with a fair bit of sunshine, and it wasn't cold. But still, no tortoiseshells, only the odd peacock and a scattering of whites.
Though this afternoon I did see a dragonfly take one of the whites on the wing rather spectacularly. Perhaps they are falling prey to dragons attack!
The underpath is like a tunnel now. There are lots of hidden gems along the way as you pass. You would not have been able to see them on horseback. We don't see many grasshoppers here but then we aren't in the country either.
I don't think I could get a horse along that path now! It always was a bit of a squeeze, and I often tore holes in my shirt or jophurs on the brambles... But now the way's not being used regularly it has become even more overgrown.
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It's a terrible summer for butterflies! I can't work out why, it is warm, it is dry (well, dry for here)...
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Though this afternoon I did see a dragonfly take one of the whites on the wing rather spectacularly. Perhaps they are falling prey to dragons attack!
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But at least I had on long trousers. I passed a gentleman wearing shorts. He was made of stern stuff.
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They can be mean. But also lovely in a soup or a salad. :)
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We don't see many grasshoppers here but then we aren't in the country either.
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