What Butterflies might you find in a hedge?

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BROWNS

Gatekeeper/Pyronia tithonus

Found mostly in south / south-east of country, in coastal areas. Likes hedgerows, and woodland margins. More common in damp meadows, marshes, along hedgerows

Speckled Wood/Parage aegeria

Widespread and common. Territorial. Likes woodland clearings, hedgerows and fields.

Wall Brown/Lasiommata megera

Widespread. Likes basking on rocks, walls and sun-baked ground. Alert, difficult to approach. Likes grasses.

Grayling/Hipparchia semele

Fairly common in dry, rocky or sandy areas, especially coastal. Well camouflaged. Likes grasses.

Meadow Brown/Maniola jurtina

Common and widespread in meadows and grassy places. Does not fly well.

Large Heath/Coenonympha tullia

Local, uncommon, in boggy areas. Much habitat loss. Weak flier. Likes plants found in boggy ground

Small Heath/Coenonympha pamphilusWidespread and common. Likes heathland and grassy places. Not a good flier.