Yes, definitely a Chalkhill Blue Emma. There were lots flying over the ramparts of Wareham Camp in Norfolk a couple of weeks ago when I was there.

They are mapped as Coneyford Plantation on a 1906 OS map. I think that strong winds have played a part in shaping them.

I love Tunnicliffe's work and it was his paintings which first sparked my interest in birds. I stayed with a group of friends at Shorelands, his Anglesea home in the early 1980s, only a few years after his death. I'm sure that this is the hare painting that was on the wall of the sitting room.

The BBC radio version is unsurpassed!

I'd forgotten that his 'History of British Mammals' was a Poyser book. It's another that is often off the shelf.

I have a few, but the one I refer to most is Susan Swift's book on long-eared bats.

Excellent!! Well done National Trust