Friday 11 May 2012

First Glanville Fritillary at Wheelers Bay

Today started cloudy but by early afternoon the sun had appeared and also the first Glanville of 2012.At Wheelers Bay on the Isle of Wight I was very happy to see a Glanville today.This is nearly three weeks later than is normal for the last few years.The weather has been poor recently and that ,together with the very low web count may account for the delay in its appearance.
I was very lucky too, to see a Clouded Yellow at the Bay.It could have been at very recent arrival as the butterfly was keen to feed and rest.This was the first Clouded Yellow that I have seen since my first sight here on April 15th.




1 comment:

  1. Hello, We have joined your blog as we are interested in photographing the Glanville Fritillary and the Adonis Blue. We are going to the I.O.W. on 26th May for a week and would appreciate details of the exact localities where we may be able to see the butterflies please. Our email address is bjward@btinternet.com We do have a web site at http://www.northamptonshirewildlife.co.uk/nmoths/nmothsindex.htm
    Thanks,
    John

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