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Mill Hill, Anchor Bottom and Devil's Dyke. Butterflies. Silver-Spotted Skippers. 30.07.22

  • Writer: Sim Elliott
    Sim Elliott
  • Aug 2, 2022
  • 1 min read

On Saturday I took the 2 bus to Shoreham and walked up to Mill Hill, and then on to Anchor Bottom. I took the 2 bus back from Dace Gardens (at the bottom of Anchor Bottom back to Brighton. After a routine hospital appointment I took the 77 bus from Brighton to the Devil's Dyke. This is what I saw!


Mill Hill


Anchor Bottom

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Gatekeeper

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Common Blue

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Cinnabar Moth caterpillar on Ragwort

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Wall Brown

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Buzzard

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Gatekeeper

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Dunnock

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Willow Warbler

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Gatekeeper

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Female Common Blue

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Meadow Brown

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Wall Brown

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Mill Hill butterfly bank and steps

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Gatekeeper

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Chalkhill Blue

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Common Blue

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Meadow Brown

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Common Blue

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Common Blue

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Speckled Wood

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Chalkhill Blue

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Anchor Bottom


Kestrel

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Rampion

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Kestrel

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Rampion

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Silver-Spotted Skippers

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Chalkhill Blue

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Chalkhill Blue on Rampion

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Chalkhill Blue

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Chalkhill Blue and snail

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Clouded Yellow

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Wall Brown on Ragwort

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Devil's Dyke


Wall Brown

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Wal Brown

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Gatekeeper and Chalkhill Blue on Ragwort

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Chalkhill Blue

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Speckled Wood

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Gatekeeper

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Brimstone

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Common Blue

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Meadow Brown

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Common Blue

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Rampion

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Devil's Dyke

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