Back to Bostall Heath (the Royal Borough of Greenwich)

With Rain forecast we decided to go back to Bostall Heath in the hopes of some small Skipper Butterflies: and we were lucky enough to identify both an Essex Skipper Butterfly and a Small Skipper Butterfly viz.

We also saw Twenty-plus Meadow Brown Butterflies, a few Large Skipper Butterflies, a Comma Butterfly, a Large White Butterfly, a Painted Lady Butterfly:

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plus Burnet Companion Moths and Mother Shipton Moths (a couple of each):

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Wild Flower' Species seen during the walk to/from the Heath and whilst on the Heath included:

Bird's-Foot Trefoil
Black Medick
Bramble
Cock's-Foot
Common Chickweed
Common Mallow
Common Ragwort (one hosting a small population of Cinnabar Moth Caterpillars) viz.

Creeping Cinquefoil
Creeping Thistle
Fat Hen
Field Bindweed
Four-Leaved Allseed
Herb Robert
Jersey Cudweed
Mouse-Ear Hawkweed
Mugwort
Pineappleweed
Red Clover
Rosebay Willowherb (coming into flower)
Sheep's Sorrel
Spear Thistle
White Clover
Wood Sage
and Yarrow

There were also a few Ladybirds present: all assumed 7-Spotter Ladybirds, including this one: