Basking in morning sun

09:30AM, Monday 06 October 2025

Basking in morning sun

Sir, — Mike K is correct in saying the butterfly is a gatekeeper and not a wall brown (Standard, September 26). To my knowledge, wall browns exist in isolated areas and are not local to Henley. My picture showing a wall brown basking in the early morning sunshine was taken on the South Coast Path, Dorset, in August 2009. —Yours faithfully,

Tony Chandler

Lea Road, Sonning Common

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