Upper Bush...

Double-Flowered Soapwort ("Bouncing Betty")...

Brimstone on Wild Basil...

Comma...

Common Centaury...

Common Spotted Orchid...

Gatekeeper...

Meadow Brown on Hawkweed...

Musk Mallow...

Nettle-Leaved Bellflower...

Peacock on Buddleia...

Red Admiral (var. bialbata - note the two tiny white spots in the orange forewing band...)

Red Admiral...

Ringlet...

Upper Bush valley...

Upper Bush valley...

Vines at Upper Bush valley...

Upper Bush valley...

 

Summer Lightning...

 A shot from my kitchen window, a single frame from a video...

Upper Bush...

From the edge of Six Acres, looking across Smith Reed towards Court Lodge...

Barrow Hill (Great Burrows), Upper Bush...

Barrow Hill (Great Burrows), Upper Bush...

Barrow Hill (Great Burrows), Upper Bush...

High Birch, Upper Bush...

Ranscombe...

 The poppies at Longhoes may have pretty much finished...

Longhoes...

Longhoes...

...but the flax in Park Field (below Ranscombe Farm) was in full flower. I was quite lucky to catch this - it only flowers for a day or two and the flowers only open in early morning sunshine, shutting up by mid-day.  A stunning and rare display...

Linseed Flax, Park Field...

Brockles...

Wildflowers In Bavins...

 Walking around the woodlands at the top of Bush Valley...

Agrimony...

Bee Orchid...

Vipers Bugloss

Common Centaury

Common Spotted Orchids...

Common Spotted Orchid...

Bee Orchid...

Woods, Bavins Shaw...

Woodlands, Bavins Shaw

Enchanters Nightshade...

Hedge Woundwort

Lesser Butterfly orchid...

Lesser Butterfly orchid (close-up of above...)

Musk Mallow...

Pyramidal Orchid...

Scarlet Pimpernel...

Silver Washed Fritillary...

Sweet Briar...

Sweet Briar...