The Wall Brown has been in decline for some time now and this once common butterfly is rarely seen in my home county of Cheshire. However on a Wild Flower Society trip to the Devon coast we came across a flat rock in full sun surrounded by flowering plants. I photographed many Grayling butterflies and then we were visted by this single Wall Brown. This was the first I had seen in the U.K. for over a decade.

Bolberry Down, Devon, 12th July 2009

Added on June 8th 2010, updated 12th Nov 2014