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| Silver-washed Fritillary - female of the rare form valezina |
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| Valezina underside |
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| About 15% of females are said to be of this form. Compare to... |
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| ...a regular female Silver-washed Fritillary... |
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| ..and a male of the same species... |
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| ...males being identified by the parallel black bars on the forewing |
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| Silver-washed Fritillary underwing |
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| Silver-washed Fritillary with Meadow Brown for size comparison |
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| Purple Hairstreak - these can be seen flying around the tops of oaks usually, but occasionally they will come down to a lower perch. |
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| Another Purple Hairstreak - this one on the favoured oak |
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| The rarer Hairstreak - White-letter - wouldn't play ball on a morning visit on Saturday - this shot of one high in the canopy was taken on a late evening visit earlier in the week. |
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| White Admiral - there were a few around but this one was the only one to land, and then only briefly. |
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| Ringlet - one of the most attractive of the 'brown' family. |
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| Commoner species included: Comma... |
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| ...Gatekeeper - this one a female... |
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| ...Gatekeeper - a male... |
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| ...and Meadow Brown. |
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| Also on the wing at Alners Gorse was the Beautiful Demoiselle |
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| The same individual but with the light behind me this time. |
High summer also means the start of return wader passage - the rarest so far in Dorset has been a White-rumped Sandpiper which spent a few days at Lodmoor in Weymouth last week and stayed until Saturday: |
| White-rumped Sandpiper (left) sadly not quite as in focus as the Dunlin |
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| An adult bird |
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| Another imperfect flight shot - this time into the light, but clearly showing the white rump |
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| Another comparison with Dunlin |
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