Of Duke of Burgundy and Small Blue Butterflies &c. on the South Downs

Straying away from home territory for the second time in a few days (having previously visited Hutchinson's Bank in the London Borough of Croydon) we made the fairly long journey to Springhead Hill (West Sussex) on the South Downs viz.

to attend a Special Event sponsored by Butterfly Conservation.

The primary objective was to see our first ever Duke of Burgundy Butterfly and this was happily achieved viz.

We had however expected the Duke to be quite a large Butterfly (implied to us at least by the name) and were surprised to find the aristocratically named Butterfly to be quite small; although certainly not as small as the Small Blue Butterfly which we saw (also our first ever) viz.

Also, a Mint Moth visiting a Cowslip viz.

Wild Flowers &c. seen during our visit included:

Cowslip (being, as we understand it, the main Food-Plant of the Duke of Burgundy Butterfly)
Crosswort viz.

and Common Milkwort viz.