British Butterfly Gallery

 

 
Silver-spotted Skipper
 
 
 

 
These pictures were taken in August 2008, on a grey windy day on an Oxfordshire hillside after a few hours searching and the point where I was about to give up looking.

I had seen a few other species including:
Common Blue, Brown Argus, and various whites
but I was disappointed that I had not seen any
Silver-spotted Skippers.

However it got a bit warmer and I managed to see
a handful of these and also managed a handful of photos.

The two sites in Oxfordshire that I visited were
Aston Rowant and Watlington Hill both easily accesable and very near to the M40 motorway
in Oxfordshire.
These pictures were all taken from Watlington Hill which is National Trust open access land.

Watlington Hill, is also o good area for Red Kites.

 
 

 

 

 

All Photos Copyright Nigel Spencer