The well-trodden path onto the greensand ridge rises from the narrow and perennially damp valley in which Ightham Mote is hidden and eventually gives a spectacular view across the Medway valley to the next sandstone ridge beyond. The church in the middle distance is in the small village of Shipbourne with Hadlow Tower and a…
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Dene Park’s Admirals and Emperors
The car park on the edge of the woodland is full mainly with dog walkers but also butterfly watchers. The two groups have an interesting relationship; the latter are highly dependent on the irresponsibility of the former but, of course, not vice versa… The purple emperor Apatura iris male is not often drawn from the high oaks where it takes…