A good year for.......

...Common Blues (as per photo above), Gatekeepers, Burnet Companions (hundreds and hundreds earlier in the year), Eyebright ( four patches and at least two species now as opposed to one patch last year), Common Spotted Orchids (a 50% increase over last year), Lousewort (increased about fourfold), rabbits unfortunately (we have been overrun with them), yellow rattle (spreading fast and dominant in some patches this year), new plant species (notably Spring Sedge and Quaking Grass as well as a handful of new arable weeds), moths (I seem to be recording new species regularly) and Fritillaries (the first ever record for me of a fritillary was the single Dark Green Fritillary last month but it's a start).