Chalkhill Blues at Therfield Heath
Having visited Therfield Heath at the end of last summer and thinking it would be better to visit earlier in the season, I made a return trip today when it was sunny and warm. I was looking for chalkhill blues for which the Heath is a known hotspot and I wasnt disappointed. I didnt have to walk far to find a good number of little blue butterflies fluttering about at low level and round my feet. They landed frequently enabling photos and seemed to particularly like to congregate on dog's poo that some irresponsible owners had not cleared up! I also saw a couple mating but unfortunately my camera battery had given up by then as I forgot to check its charge before I went! However I got enough photos to satisfy me including some of the numerous gatekeepers and meadow browns together with an unidentified moth! chalkhill blue chalkhill blue rather tatty meadow brown gatekeeper unidentified moth! gathering of chalkhi