Mostly White .

blue bell

Horse chestnut flower

Just over half a mile from the house but not on patch, around noon. I disturbed four, roe deer.

Then ten minutes later i was face to face with a very dark buck roe, which was ready for a stand off. Until i reached for the camera. Then he disappeared.

Soon all the dandelions will be white.

Nettle flower.

Today's main aim were butterflies , although i did check a few places out for damselflies with no luck.

The weather has been good over most of the last couple of weeks.

So my chances of butterflies were good. In a stretch of 100 yards, next to a fairly busy road. I had

Green veined white, with at least ten in flight. Four Large white, small tortoiseshell, five.

(Garden escapee)
Peacocks i had at lest six of these. Three wall browns, which were very elusive and a small copper.

There were even numbers of Orange tips, with three of each

Female orange tip.