Combe Valley Countryside Park

We had thought about going to Rye Harbour NR today but by the time we got up and around it was a bit late, so headed down to Combe Haven Countryside park, which floods in the winter usually, let alone now that we've had so much rain. We saw loads of lovely birds but this was by far the star of the show for me. Black Swan in the wild!

This was a nice surprise, there is a small area (very urban), a cut through really across from a Tesco Express and its always a great butterfly area, but I never would have guessed we'd find this Silver Washed Fritillary there.

I really love the pink ones!

This was a nice surprise, there is a small area (very urban), a cut through really across from a Tesco Express and its always a great butterfly area, but I never would have guessed we'd find this Silver Washed Fritillary there.

Two years ago, once I finally knew how to find these lovely butterflies, we saw thousands of them all over the place in Hastings, last year with all the wet weather not so many. This year there has been a lot more, but this is the best shot I have managed. They spend their time in Oak trees near the tops, where if you stand still and watch you see them flitting about. This is a long shot up, and cropped but there it is...lol