Tagged: Grizzled Skipper

Bluebells - Lynchcombe, Somerset, UK. ID IMG_1229

Lynchcombe Steps

Back in May I visited Lynchcombe to check on the nature reserve for which I am a volunteer warden for the Somerset Wildlife Trust.  It is September now and it has been another fascinating...

Swollen-thighed beetle (Oedemera nobilis) on Birds-foot-trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) - South Hill, Somerton, Somerset, UK. ID 822_1598

South Hill

South Hill is a postage stamp size nature reserve in South Somerset managed by the Somerset Wildlife Trust.  It has open access so I made a detour on the way home from work and spent...

Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus malvae) - Cross Plain, Somerset, UK. ID JB4_4105

I met the most Grizzled Skipper in Cross

The Urban Dictionary defines Grizzled as “Worse than grundy. The result of being exposed to something terrible for a long period of time and having the results show through your appearance and state of...