Lankham Bottom - Sun 30 May

A new destination for Ellie and I today as we headed south for some ten miles or so to the Butterfly Conservation Reserve at Lankham Bottom near Cattistock. We spent about an hour and a half walking around the reserve, and whilst birds were thin on the ground we did see a few butterflies.
Despite the breeze and somewhat overcast skies it was a warm and pleasant afternoon and before long we could hear Yellowhammers singing and several Chaffinches were about. At least two Skylarks were singing and a few Linnets were flying around. Other than a couple of singing Chiffchaffs and a Willow Warbler there was not much else on the bird front.
We did manage to see several different butterflies including Red Admiral and Comma plus a couple of Speckled Wood. We also saw Common Blue:

Plus Brown Argus:

We also saw the day flying moth, Wood Tiger:

Finally, we saw Small Heath:

And Adonis Blue: