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Southern Hawker
What looks like a vole-cut to me, and the plant was right next to a burrow and a feeding station.
It's clear, especially when you're doing The Big Butterfly Count, how much insects love ragwort. But I thought mammals avoided eating the fresh plant because it tasted nasty. However, this does look like water vole-gnawing to me (third photo down) as it was high up the stem, a slanted cut, and right next to a burrow and other feeding. I've never found ragwort in feed stations, so my guess is a water vole just gave this a try, thought it was horrible and gave up.
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Super photos Kate. I thought about your blog the other day whilst visiting Brockholes near Preston. I was in a craft shop near the visitor centre when I saw a bottle of brown ale called Water Vole (http://fromthenotebook.co.uk/index.php/component/k2/water-vole).
Oh, top notch!!
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