Rod is well known as an ecologist with expert knowledge and is well used to lecturing and leading guided walks.

His chapter is titled Grassland Butterflies of the Blewburton Area

You don’t have to go more than 5 miles from the hill in daylight hours to spot 30 resident butterflies, but it takes patience and a good guide.

Butterflies? Want to know more? Read this article which in a few words manages to sort out the species and where you can find them. Food plants are important to their survival; some butterflies, or rather their caterpillars, have evolved to eat specialised diets such as Birds Foot Trefoil, Horseshoe Vetch and even Violets. All can be found underfoot in grassland or in the margins of wood and scrub. The article features stunning pictures of all the downland butterflies.