We visit the Upper College Farm area in Search of Butterflies

And Wow: we found some. And more than we expected or hoped for. Especially since the Weather was Cloudy with Intermittent Sunshine and a Brisk Wind. During the first part of our Walk we wondered if we would actually see any Butterflies at all. And in numerical terms, we didn't see many: around twenty-five if we include Sightings of Unidentified Butterflies.

But at least Ten Butterfly Species!

On arrival we noticed a couple of Swallows whooshing and Swooshing. We were however disappointed to see that the main area had recently been mown but that sort of thing seems par for the course here now. There were Skylarks but we didn't see or hear any during this visit.

Butterfly Species seen:

Brown Argus
Common Blue viz.

Green Hairstreak (he/she put us in mind of a Prancing Horse or a Fairy) viz.

Green-Veined White
Holly Blue viz.

Painted Lady (our first of the Year and hopefully not the last) viz.

Peacock viz.

Small Copper viz.

Small Heath (our first of the Year) viz.

and Speckled Wood viz.

Flowering Plants included:

Bird's-Foot-Trefoil
Common Mallow
Common Vetch
Creeping Cinquefoil
Crosswort (included in the Kent Rare Plant Register)
Germander Speedwell
Hairy Tare
Hoary Cress
Goat's-Beard
Grass Vetchling
Ground Ivy
Horseradish
(assumed) Lucerne aka Alfalfa
Meadow Vetchling
Oxeye Daisy
Red Clover
White Campion
White Clover
Yellow Iris