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Grizzled Skipper
Reference: BU73
Location: Martin Down NNR
Gallery: Butterflies,
The Grizzled Skipper is a small springtime butterfly of southern chalk downland and is sadly becoming increasingly rare. It can be relatively obliging stopping regularly either to feed on flowers such as Horse-shoe Vetch or land on a prominent perch such as Dropwort, like in this image.