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A recently cleared area on the northern edge of the forest.All the pines have gone, the deciduous trees are left standing.
©Lynne Kirton
This beautiful little butterfly, whilst still fairly common, is declining in many areas due to intensification of agriculture, reclamation of heathland, increased shadyness of woods and lack of sheep or rabbit grazing on unimproved downs. Male & female are similar in colouring though there is a lot of variation in the size of the black marks on the upperwings.
©Lynne Kirton
Female common blues vary in colour from almost entirely blue to dark brown with only a hint of blue close to the body. I was able to get very close to this one as it was basking in the sun. Another picture taken at the same time as [[18299]].
©Lynne Kirton
Another shot taken at the same time as my picture for [[18299]] The butterflies all appeared suddenly within an area of about 50 sq.yds. during a brief spell of afternoon sunshine.
©Lynne Kirton
These are some of the butterflies mentioned in the description for my image [[18299]].
©Lynne Kirton
This strip of land runs alongside the old Clipstone Colliery railway (now disused).Only a few years ago it was bare scrubland, but has been colonised with an amazing variety of wildlife. There are masses of wildflowers (at this time of the year - June - it is probably at its best), butterflies, including Common Blue, Small Copper, Small Heath, rabbits, foxes, and there was even a badger sett, though that is no longer active.
©Lynne Kirton
Dist:0.2km<br/>Also known as Fireweed, it is a common coloniser of burned and waste ground, especially in clear-felled woods. Seen here on the edge of a clear-felled area in Sherwood Pines Forest Park, along with brambles, ragwort and thistles.
©Lynne Kirton
Dist:0.2km<br/>A mass of wild flowers on the northern fringe of Sherwood Pines Forest Park.
©Lynne Kirton
Dist:0.2km<br/>Known locally as 'King John's Palace'- all that remains of the Royal Hunting Lodge at Clipstone in Sherwood Forest. First documented in 1164 it was used by successive kings, Edward I held parliaments here, but dedcayed by 1525.
©Richard Croft
Dist:0.2km<br/>Cattle at Waterfield Farm, approaching King's Clipstone on NCN route 6
©Richard Croft
Dist:0.3km<br/>With the village of old Clipstone behind.
©Mick Garratt
Dist:0.3km<br/>A hard frost had covered these grasses in Sherwood Pines Forest Park, until the morning sun melted it & left them sparkling with hundreds of tiny rainbows. It was a beautiful sight, to which the picture unfortunately does not do justice.
©Lynne Kirton
Dist:0.3km<br/>On the north-western edge of Sherwood Pines Forest Park.
©Lynne Kirton
Dist:0.3km<br/>A profusion of gorse on land alongside the old mineral line from the now closed Clipstone Colliery.
©Lynne Kirton
Dist:0.3km<br/>Nature's own version of a stained glass window, in Sherwood Pines Forest Park.
©Lynne Kirton

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