Rookery Clay Pits

Where man has left the land untouched for many years a diverse flora and fauna has so far survived. There are plans afoot which, against the wishes of many, will destroy some of these areas. The Grizzled Skipper and the Wall Brown will disappear for good ...

Wall Brown

Still hanging on in the brick pits. A second brood male Wall Brown nectaring on Knapweed.

Wall Wonder

So, before the Wall Brown disappears completely from Bedfordshire, I managed to track down a known individual which took up territory just yards from a main-line railway track !





Common Blue



Small Heath