List of illustrations

The Christ's Hospital school uniform

Jay's feather

Purple Emperor ab. iole (upperside)

White Admiral ab. obliterae

One-man tent and camp fire

Holly Blue (female)

Winter (Barn Owl)

Comma perched on a radio

Duke of Burgundy, Noar Hill

High Brown Fritillary, Arnside Knott

High Brown Fritillary larva

Duke of Burgundy larval damage on Cowslip

Morris Minor in Selborne

Autumn (Blackbirds)

The Great Storm

Glanville Fritillary, Compton Bay, Isle of Wight

Spring (Nightingale)

Mountain Ringlet

Painted Ladies

Clouded Yellows

Brown Hairstreak (female)

Marsh Fritillary larval web

Emperoring in a cherry-picker

Small Tortoiseshells at Martin Down

Summer (Swallows)

Purple Emperor ab. iole (underside)

Purple Emperor autumn larva

Purple Emperor winter larva

Raindrops falling in a puddle

Boy with butterfly net