It is an ideal site for invertebrates and butterflies recorded include the Silver-washed Fritillary.

Silver-washed fritillary to Essex - (ongoing, locally successful)

A wide range of butterflies occurs here, including Silver-washed Fritillary and White Admiral.

Butterflies found in the woods include the Silver-washed Fritillary and Green Hairstreak species.

Butterflies recorded include Gatekeeper and Silver-washed Fritillary.

The hedgerow and fields support many butterflies including Chalkhill Blue and Silver-washed Fritillary.

Woodland butterflies include White Admiral, Wood White and Silver-washed Fritillary.

Butterflies appearing in the more open, sunny areas include the Speckled Wood, Comma and Silver-washed Fritillary.

In 1909 he married Mabel Jane Hart Bowman and they had a third daughter Valezina, named after a form of the Silver-washed Fritillary.

Wildlife includes plants such as water horsetail, common spotted orchid; and woodland butterflies including Eurasian White Admiral and Silver-washed Fritillary.

Notable butterflies on the site are the Silver-washed Fritillary, White Admiral (Limenitis camilla) and Purple Hairstreak.

Recorded are the Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Silver-washed Fritillary and Comma, drawn by the open rides and glades.

The invertebrate fauna includes Common Blue and Silver-washed Fritillary butterflies and also the Large Red and Blue-tailed Damsel-flies.

These sheltered glades provide favourable climatic conditions for butterflies including Marbled White (Melanargia galathea) and Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia).

Notable butterflies that may be seen are the Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Silver-washed Fritillary, Grizzled Skipper and White Admiral.

Butterflies on the Common include the Duke of Burgundy Hamearis lucina, Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia and Purple Emperor Apatura iris.

Invertebrates of note include the Silver-washed Fritillary butterfly (Argynnis paphia), and three nationally rare dead-wood beetles: Thymalus limbatus, Orchesia undulata and Rhinosimus ruficollis.

It is the foodplant of the Pearl bordered fritillary, Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Silver-washed Fritillary and High Brown Fritillary butterfly.

In the meantime, it's time for part four of our guide to all the UK's species using photos from the Springwatch and Summerwatch photo groups: painted lady to (the enchantingly named) silver-washed fritillary.

The grassy rises, meadows and open coppice areas are ideal for rarer butterflies including White Admiral, Purple Hairstreak, Silver-washed Fritillary, Dingy Skipper and Brown Argus.

Other butterlies include Small Blue, Green Hairstreak, Chalkhill Blue, Duke of Burgundy, Marbled White, Silver-washed Fritillary, Grizzled Skipper, Comma and Brown Argus.

In the drought year of 1976, for example, when the countryside became parched and brown, my garden had many unusual visitors, including single individuals of each of three species of clearwing moths and of four species of butterfly normally associated with more rural areas (whiteletter hear-streak, silver-washed fritillary, marbled white, and hedge brown).