Last day of the school hols so, after dropping off some wedding work to a client, I went for a walk with the family around Hade Edge to see if the green hairstreaks were on the wing yet. I figured all this hot weather may have got them flying and I wasn’t wrong – although there were only a few on the wing, they were around if you stared hard enough! The green hairstreak is a tiny butterfly and lives on the billberry plants of the open moorland and Hade Edge is a regular haunt for them. Here’s a grab shot for now, will go back when I have more time and do them properly as we only had around 20 minutes with them due to another appointment later in the day.
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