Friday, 18 August 2023


 The flowery grasslands of Hoo Bit, the Pegsdon Hills and Knocking Hoe are host to plenty of bees and butterflies but the most prolific pollinator at the moment is a moth. Six-spot Burnet is a day-flying moth and I noticed on Wednesday's walk that it was present in great numbers. Considered a common species in this kind of habitat but even so I have never seen so many here or anywhere else.