Butterfly Islands
Sunday, 22 April 2018

First Blue of the Season

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A few days of high summer weather is coming to an end and this coming week will see more normal spring temperatures.However for this mornin...
Wednesday, 18 April 2018

Orange Tips Busy in my Local Woods.

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It was shirt sleeve weather today with temperatures topping 23 degrees celcius.At Walters Copse the trees and saplings are bursting into gr...
Monday, 16 April 2018

Spring Gets Underway.

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Spring it seems has finally arrived and in the garden a first of the year Small White. A visit to my local copse was rewarded with another ...
Monday, 26 March 2018

Spring Returns for One Day Only.

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With the prospect of yet more cold weather on the way this week,today was perhaps only the second springlike day of the year.This sunny and...
Thursday, 15 March 2018

Springlike Temperatures Encourage First Butterflies of the Season.

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A soggy walk through my local copse today produced my first butterflies of the season.The cold wind had abated and the sun was shining with...
Wednesday, 21 February 2018

Glanville Fritillary Larvae Out in the Sunshine.

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Now that the days are slowly lengthening and the sun's rays becoming warmer the Glanville Fritillary larvae are starting to move in and...
Wednesday, 2 August 2017

Rain Dampens Down Activity On Broughton Down

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Despite the sunshine on my journey to Broughton Down in Hampshire yesterday,the heavens opened as soon as I stepped onto this area of chalk...
Wednesday, 19 July 2017

Not Many Silver-studded Blues on Show.

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Yesterday on a day trip to see the special damselflies of Crockford Stream in the New Forest I walked an area of heathland which was close ...
Tuesday, 11 July 2017

White-letter Hairsreaks Still Busy.

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Yesterday as I observed the elm that has been home to White-letter Hairstreaks for the last three seasons I was fortunate to see a female...
Monday, 10 July 2017

Last of the Summer Blues Now on the Wing.

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There were plenty of Chalk-hill Blues on the bridleway leading to West High Down today.Not surprisingly all are males but it will not be lo...
Saturday, 8 July 2017

Good Season for Silver-washed.

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It seems to be an excellent season for the Silver-washed Fritillary. Good numbers are to be seen in our woodlands and if lucky the odd fema...
Tuesday, 27 June 2017

Summer Butterflies Enjoy the Bumper Bramble Bounty.

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There were a prolific number of butterflies at Walters Copse today.The most impressive were the Silver-washed Fritillaries and the White Ad...
Monday, 26 June 2017

Dark Green Fritillaries On Speed.

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With the season generally over two weeks early this year I made a first visit to West High Down in the hope of seeing a Chalk-hill Blue.I h...
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