The
usual route...
The drop down to the bottom of the valley at Bavins Shaw is a wide, pleasant farm track populated by many fast-flying butterflies...
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| From Stonyfield Wood to Bavins Shaw bottom... |
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| Painted Lady... |
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| Silver-Washed Fritillary (male) |
At the bottom of the valley there was a clearing with an eye-watering stand of wild Parsley in full flower (the pollen made my eyes water - and I am not a hay-fever sufferer!)...
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| Wild Parsley... |
The Rosebay Willowherb was also in flower, providing a spectacular colour contrast...
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| Rosebay Willowherb... |
Following the wide track up through Bavins Shaw towards Halling Wood, many other plants were also in flower...
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| Clustered Bellflower.... |
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| Stemless Thistle... |
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| Spear Thistle... |
The marjoram is a butterfly magnet...
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| Brown Argus on Wild Marjoram... |
The bone dry oat fields above Luddesdown are ripe for harvest...
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| Luddesdown from Wrenches Shaw... |
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