Meadow Brown butterfly (Maniola jurtina)
Introduction
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Meadow Brown butterfly (Maniola jurtina)
Image: © Keith Edkins Taken: 15 Jul 2002
Nectaring on brambles on the closed St Ives railway line, which at the time acted as a "green corridor" into Cambridge. Sadly (from a wildlife point of view) it is now being reopened as a guided busway.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.232186
Longitude
0.140239