Showing posts with label Chalkhill Blue. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chalkhill Blue. Show all posts

Wednesday, 1 August 2012

Ivinghoe Beacon Hills - Frog Orchid & Blues

An evening Stroll around the Ivinghoe Beacon last week.
The highlight was a rare Frog Orchid, not quite open, caught here in the golden evening sun.  The only one found, but better than last year when not a single plant was discovered.
A Blue in the long grass, also catching the last of the sun.
I am not sure whether this is a Common or Chalkhill Blue?
Low sun over the fields below the Beacon
Male Linnet still in breeding colour with bright red breast

Saturday, 6 August 2011

Ivinghoe Beacon Evening

More photos taken around Ivinghoe Beacon on the first evening in August


The remarkable swirl of clouds above the Whipsnade Lion

A Blue (Chalkhill?) settling down for the night


The evening sun catching his hair


The grass was full of the resting Blues trying to catch the last of the sun


Gull flying to roost