By the end of Day 4 we had relocated to our second hotel at Pokljuka, which is a mountainous area in the North West of Slovenia.
The pattern of the day was similar to Day 3, with meadows in the morning, though at higher altitude and a woodland area later on.
Some of the scenery was spectacular and we found some good areas resulting in sightings of dark green and marsh fritillary, marbled fritillary (again), finally a male mazarine blue, sooty and purple-edged copper, a large skipper, and this time a definite woodland ringlet. One south facing meadow proved particularly prolific.
It was actually as we were moving on to the woodland area that we came upon a new blue - the alcon blue showing quite well next to the path.
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In the woodlands, we also scored nicely, viewing silver-washed fritillary, marbled fritillary (again) and several commas as well as the white admiral, not to mention a couple of mating false heath fritillaries.
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So another fruitful day, sufficiently rich in butterflies that I didn't pay much attention to other bugs or bees!
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