Small heath, Common blue, Small tortoiseshell and Painted lady butterflies on Chanctonbury Hill today.

Chanctonbury Hill is a lovely hill to climb.  And the orchids and butterflies on the western slopes were stunning this afternoon.

Common Spotted-orchids were... rather common and very beautiful.

A Small heath butterfly.

A Painted lady, just flown in from the continent -- the first that I had seen this year.

A Small tortoiseshell.

A Common blue butterfly.

Above is an exquisite white form of the Common Spotted-orchid.