Beacon Hill, Alice Holt, Buckler's Forest (26th July 2020)

Two new sites for me were visited today as well as a final attempt for Purple Emperor at Alice Holt Forest (which was a wash out because it started raining and I only saw a few butterflies).

Beacon Hill was alive with butterflies especially Chalk-Hill Blues and good numbers of other blues.  No sign of any Silver-spotted Skippers but I think I saw Small and Essex Skippers.

Buckler's Forest is near the old TRL testing station in Crowthorne and is still in development but I did see a small selection of dragonflies but no sign of the Lesser Emperor although it was fairly overcast.