Butterflies and a boletus
It is butterfly season and the hot sunny weather has made it a good one. All along the main track and into our wood the flowers are at their best and full of nectar. The Buddleia by the main gate is in full flower and a good place to see a variety of species, the heady scent of the blooms a great attractant. The perfume takes me back to my youth, butterfly catching with my pal David in waste ground near my home in Bromley. In those days we used to kill and set them to display pinned to a cork covered board. Nowadays no killing is involved, it is just photographs. Butterflies have been part of my life for as long as I can remember. Feeling full of guilt in my late teens I destroyed my collection, now I wish I had not ! Fortunately, David kept his and I can still recall catching my own Red Admiral in Tiepig's Lane from seeing his labelled specimen. I still have my trusty butterfly net bought from Watkins an...
