Lepidigi
Butterflies of Europe and the Tropics
Rombald's Moor, West Yorkshire, a life story

and the 'sunken path' 25 May 2012

taken in May 1962

exposed eggs in the nest, May 1962

Cartwright Hall leaflet

paved down to the 'Hog Hill dip'

May 1963





10 May 2005

25 May 2012


3 May 2014

for Grouse moor management

20 August 2015





10 April 2015

10 April 2015


sitting on her nest, 3 May 2012



vista, 25 May 2015

'Hog Hill dip' on 25 May 2012

probably by Carrion Crow, 25 May 2012


larval host plant of the Duke of Burgundy, at the Hawnby site

Hawnby, North York Moors, 26 May 2013

Not on Rombald's Moor, but Spaunton Moor, Kirkbymoorside, North York Moors, also 26 May 2013


4 May 2015


20 August 2015

Bronze Age Standing Stones, 4 May 2016

4 May 2016


3 May 2018

male largely obscured, 3 May 2018

male uppermost

3 May 2018

12 June 2022


12 June 2022


aka Lapwings and Peewits, letting us know their chicks were close by! 26 May 2023

Brown Silver-line, 26 May 2023