As its English names suggest, the Gatekeeper butterfly Pyronia tithonus, also known as the Hedge Brown, is often encountered where clumps of flowers grow in gateways and along hedgerows or field margins. The butterfly has alighted on Scentless Mayweed Tripleurospermum inodorum which is widespread in open and disturbed agricultural land, heath or patches of scrub.
Alan developed his passion for wildlife through childhood countryside exploration and birding. A Norfolk-based photographer, he’s recently retired and dedicating himself to intensifying his nature photography of local wildlife.
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