Prestbury Hill is a 31 hectare Butterfly Conservation Reserve consisting of two areas of limestone grassland, high on the Cotswold scarp slope overlooking Cheltenham.
This Field Meeting was timed to coincide with the expected peak of the Marble White Butterflies that are normally abundant on this Reserve. Many other butterfly species were also be present plus a good number of orchids..
A total of seven Group Members and guests attended, two of whom arrived on site at sunrise to photograph roosting butterflies. Despite a light rain shower mid-morning, the weather was good with plenty of butterfly and insect activity to photograph.
A selection of images is shown here.
- Marbled White by David Barrett LRPS
- Mating Skippers by Duncan Locke ARPS
- Meadow Brown by Shaun Boycott-Taylor ARPS
- Meadow Grasshopper by Duncan Locke ARPS
- Pyramid Orchid by David Barrett LRPS
- Roosting Marbled White by James de Courcy LRPS
- Silver Washed Fritillary by Duncan Locke ARPS
- Six Spot Burnett by Shaun Boycott-Taylor ARPS
- Small Skipper by James de Courcy LRPS
- Hummingbird Hawkmoth by Neil Avery
- Purple and Gold by Neil Avery
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