RINGLET BUTTERFLIES AT OXBURGH HALL, NORFOLK
A fine medieval, moated great house, dating from 1482 with additions – mainly Victorian – and renovations. It is now a National Trust property. There are small formal gardens, some well-planted borders with many bee- and butterfly-friendly flowers, a thriving kitchen garden, and large areas of grassland and meadow all around the house. There’ll be more from this house in due course; for now, here are some ringlets, one of several plentiful butterfly species. Apologies to the ones caught in flagrante delicto, not that they noticed…
Great photographs!
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Thank you Amelia. I’ve never seen so many of these at one time – fine weather, I guess. Oxburgh Hall is a great example of stately ‘less is more’ gardening. A few wonderful flowerbeds, both formal and informal; otherwise, lawn or long grass / meadow with cut paths through it.
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