Townclose  as a dry limestone cliff had as you might expect a  poor year with overall numbers somewhat down and majority of species loosing out after the extremes of heat and drought last year. The biggest losers were indeed the drought sensitive species Ringlet, Green-veined White and Large Skipper  but also loosing out were Marbled White, Speckled Wood, Brown Argus and Common Blue while on other sites these species increased.  However, overall the site does in other respect follow the county trends with both Red Admiral and Comma booming along with  drought resistant Meadow Brown and Gatekeeper all these species having one of their best years ever.  White numbers were were down.