Essex Skipper
Essex Skipper and Small Skipper can be distinguished by the colour of the underside of the tips of the antennae. In the Essex Skipper, this area is black and in the Small Skipper it is brown. This holds true for both sexes. UK Butterflies website
Bowthorpe Marsh, Norwich - August 2023
Bowthorpe Marsh, Norwich - July 2023
Bowthorpe Marsh, Norwich - July 2023
Mile Cross Marsh, Norwich - July 2023
Marston Marsh, Norwich - July 2023
SWT Hazelwood Marshes, Suffolk - June 2022
Earlham Cemetery, Norwich - August 2021
Earlham Cemetery, Norwich - July 2021
Sheltering from a particularly stiff breeze. Marston Marsh, Norwich - July 2020
A rather battered and tatty individual. Iy appears to have lost the tip to one of its antennae. Earlham Cemetery, Norwich - July 2020
Earlham Cemetery, Norwich - July 2020
Earlham Cemetery, Norwich - July 2019
Feeding on bindweed, Sheringham cliffs - August 2018
Earlham Cemetery - July 2018
The lower picture shows the antennae, head-on with black tips, therefore this is an Essex Skipper.
Marston Marsh - July 2017
Marston Marsh - July 2017