Green Hairstreak!

 I've been wanting to see this particular butterfly for some time and was delighted to find it, somewhat unexpectedly today!   After a dull morning though it had been forecast sunny, the skies brightened in the afternoon and I decided that as I had to go to Huntingdon anyway, I would drive the extra 10 minutes to Woodwalton Marsh, a 2 acre meadow known for its butterflies and where I had read that someone had seen a green hairstreak and some skippers.     

I had been there less than 5 minutes, looking for anything that fluttered, when a small  butterfly landed a few feet in front of me and there was my first ever green hairstreak.  After settling long enough for a quick photo it flew off and I didnt set eyes on it anymore.  I did see a pair of brimstones and a pair of orange tips and my first damsel fly of the season but no skippers this time.

green hairstreak

common blue damselfly

Woodwalton Marsh