at Ulrichen in the Goms Valley, our excellent base for the first four nights

still a lot of snow around, 15 July

first stop shortly out of Ulrichen en route to the Nufenenpass

Purple-edged Copper

Purple-edged Copper

Asian Fritillary

Asian Fritillary

False Heath Fritillary

False Heath Fritillary

False Heath Fritillary

Yellow Alpine Pasque Flower

Arran Brown

Alpine Heath

Small Blue

with Ulrichen in the distance

Purple-edged Copper

Lesser Mountain Ringlet

Black-veined Whites

start of the day, 16 July

Mountain Ringlet (possibly malampus, Lesser Mountain Ringlet, tricky to tell apart)

Mountain Ringlet

Purple-edged Copper

a soaking wet site where Matt Rowlings and Guy Padfield had taken a group of us in 2008

Lesser Mountain Ringlet

Lesser Mountain Ringlet

and the famous Hospix Hotel in the centre of the photo

Dewy Ringlet

Dewy Ringlet

Dewy Ringlet

sparse vegetation, apart from drifts of Kalmia procumbens, the Alpine Azalea

Holly Blue, in Goms valley meadow near Wiler

Queen of Spain Fritillary

with bell, a pleasing sight and sound to end the day

where the road takes a sharp left turn over a stream before ascending the Furkapass, 17 July

Trumpet Gentian

Trumpet Gentian and moth larvae

dramatic scenery

Dusky Grizzled Skipper

cloaked in low cloud

Shepherd's Fritillary

Shepherd's Fritillary

Grizzled Skipper

travelling west up the Furkapass

Large Skipper, female

an inquisitive, and noisy, Marmot keeping an eye on us from the top of its rock

the same rodent

Mountain Argus

Mountain Argus