Flag Fen: Life and Death of a Prehistoric Landscape | 
On the last day of our holiday in Cambridgeshire, we visited Flag Fen archeological site, where a Bronze Age wooden ritual causeway was found preserved in situ, and which was fascinating to learn about. However... [1/3]
Bookwomble Right next to a reconstructed Bronze Age roundhouse was a linden tree in bloom, feeding hundreds of butterflies, which was amazing! 🦋 The four species I managed to photograph are common, but no less beautiful for that: peacock: comma: red admiral, and; small tortoiseshell ❤️ (edited) 5d
Bookwomble Then, as we were leaving the visitors' centre, three stoats dashed right across our path! I went back in to ask about them, and they said that one of their staff had just glimpsed one recently but hasn't been sure, so it was positive for them to have another sighting! 5d
Deblovestoread So cool! 5d
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kspenmoll Wow! 🦋🦋 5d
The_Book_Ninja I was sitting having a chat with my daughter in the garden and we saw a gorgeous butterfly. It landed and opened its wings for us. I googled it and it seems it was a Tortoise Shell. Apparently they are rare now. 5d
dabbe W🦋WZA!!! 🩵💙🩵 5d
Dilara I am enjoying all your holiday posts and photos very much! 5d
Bookwomble @Dilara 😊❤️ 5d
Bookwomble @The_Book_Ninja Your post prompted me to look at the tortoiseshell butterflies, and I noticed I'd misidentified the bottom left insect in my photo as a painted lady when it is actually a small tortoiseshell: there was an info board at the site about the PL, so I think I just assumed! The ST is a relatively common butterfly, but if you saw a large tortoiseshell, that is very rare in Britain now! 🦋 5d
The_Book_Ninja @Bookwomble when I first saw it fluttering I said to my daughter it‘s a Red Admiral because of the shape, as it landed and I saw the orange I was baffled. Looked up orange butterflies and the top hit was the Comma but the shape was wrong. Anyway we were chuffed to see something rare in our inner city garden 5d
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