Friday 21 June 2013

Skylarks, Burnets and Blues at Cissbury

Speckled Yellow, Pseudopanthera macularia
Yesterday evening I walked round Cissbury Ring and disturbed a pair of Skylarks which then sang beautifully above me. A Crow surveyed his domain from a tree stump and allowed me to walk very close.  I found 3 Common Blues roosting and saw dozens of Burnet moth pupae on the grass stems, plus a larva about to pupate. A Red Admiral shot past me going west to east, several Speckled Yellow moths fluttered around and a Kestrel flew by.
Carrion Crow, Corvus corone
Common Blue, Polyommatus icarus
Common Blue, Polyommatus icarus
Common Blue, Polyommatus icarus
Common Blue, Polyommatus icarus
Common Spotted-orchid, Dactylorhiza fuchsii
Common Spotted-orchid, Dactylorhiza fuchsii
Six-Spot Burnet larva, Zygaena filipendulae
Six-Spot Burnet pupa, Zygaena filipendulae
Six-Spot Burnet pupa and larva, Zygaena filipendulae

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