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A family visit to Bison Hill, The Aston Clinton Rag Pits and Dancersend Nature Reserves with lunch at Whipsnade, hoping to see butterflies on Friday 18th May 2018

Bison Hill and Whipsnade Zoo

Bison Hill Car Park

Green Hairstreak

Dunstable Downs

Buttercup

Damsel Fly

Cowslips

Buttercups

Green Hairstreak again

Daddy Longlegs

Red Kite circling above

Geranium, nectar for the Green Hairstreak

Orange Tip

Ickneild Way

Photographer

Dwarf Crocodile in the Butterfly House, Whipsnade Zoo

A Chimp thinking

 

Eventually we found the door to the Butterfly House which is quite new and very warm

Old Postman

Common Lime Swallowtail

Tailed Jay

Tiger Longwing

Scarlet Mormon

Tree nymph

Blue Clipper

Tiger Longwing

Feeding tray

Blue clipper again

Malachite

Postman

Postman again

Malachite again

We had lunch then walked past the Flamingos towards the car

Up and down

A squabble

Nest building?

I'm ignoring her

Grevilles Zebra

Threesome

Swish!

Mother guards foal

Sentry duty

Look up

Red Kite Alert!

 Sitatunga Deer sitting

A female

A Wallaby alert

then I'm off

A teenager

Scimitar horned Oryx

Struggling

A White Rhino

Grazing

Christmas Tree?

Candle?

Rhubarb

Buttercups

Ringtailed Lemur

Hello?

Bistorts

Aston Clinton Ragpits and Dancersend Nature Reserves

Aston Clinton Ragpits

Cowslips again

Bracket Fungus

Micromoth

and again

Tway Blade

Birdsfoot Trefoil

Early White Helleborines nearly out

Sanicula

out a little more

Dancersend Reserve

Ground Elder

A Brimstone hiding

Wild Roses

The Green Road to the Reserve

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