jonny777 Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 We have had Brimstones, Tortoiseshells, and a couple of Commas on the allotment This is the only one which would sit still. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastglosmog Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Examining a collapsed mine working on Thursday and spotted this Brimstone fluttering about. It stopped just long enough for me to get a photo. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 I had two peacock butterflies in my back garden yesterday. They seemed particularly interested in the flowers currently on my plum tree. There may also have been a speckled wood on the back fence, but I only caught a brief glimpse before it flew off and never came back again. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted April 4, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 4, 2020 Great sightings! They seem extra special in these strange times, bright spots to lift some of the gloom and doom. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 I have another one to add to the welcome signs of Spring list, as an Orange Tip flew past as I sat out in the garden about an hour ago. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted April 9, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 9, 2020 Orange tip and holly blue yesterday .... more holly blues today. Even more special this evening.... sat out side as night falls with a glass of cider watching the bats swooping around the garden.... magical! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastglosmog Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 A Speckled Wood seen in Wychwood on Sunday. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted April 27, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 27, 2020 Never seen as many Holly Blues as there are in Churchdown this year...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted May 13, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 13, 2020 Good old Aunty Beeb https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-52630991 Spot the howlers Have emailed , lets see what happens Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted May 13, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 13, 2020 2 hours ago, Phil Bullock said: Good old Aunty Beeb https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-52630991 Spot the howlers Have emailed , lets see what happens Email had desired effect - images of skipper moth and large white moth removed and replaced with something far more..... mothy! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerburnie Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 In my garden 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted May 13, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 13, 2020 BBC would probably reckon thats a moth! But there are lots of orange tips around this year, always a great sight..... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2750Papyrus Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 It seems to have been a good spring for butterflies and moths. I'm particularly pleased at the number of tortoiseshells about here in Bedfordshire, as they have been quite uncommon in the last two years. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerburnie Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Red Admiral 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Finally got some flowers on my Buddleia along with this fella, first one of the year 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killybegs Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 None of the usual butterflies out here yet, I think it has been too wet and cold and no sign of the Buddleia coming into flower. Lot of Ringlets about, they don't seem to mind the rain. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tim Hall Posted July 9, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 9, 2020 Managed to find plenty of ringlet, large and small skippers recently, also purple hairstreak round a favoured tree in a local park. Will go back there in the next few days when the weather improves, Essex skipper should be out, and the small skippers will mostly be faded, making initial sifting easier! Common and holly blues (2 generations) locally. Whilst birding near Newport this week, marbled white and gatekeeper in drizzle. Needless to say, meadow browns everywhere, and saw a couple of painted ladies end of May. As not allowed to work for a while yet, may venture further afield for brown hairstreak, silver spotted skipper next month. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jbqfc Posted July 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 9, 2020 lots of meadow browns about meadow brown by john brace, on Flickr 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Red letter day for me, as a Silver Washed Fritillary has graced my buddleia in yet another summer. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 While visiting my parents in the garden of the care home today, all carefully pathed to keep us properly distanced and screened, I was frustrated at not being able to get anywhere near a couple of huge old buddleia positively infested with Painted Lady butterflies. Another item on the charge sheet against this virus. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2750Papyrus Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 For some reason, whilst there are lots of butterflies about in both Bedfordshire and Devon, they are not feeding on the buddleias. Has the dry summer reduced the amount of nectar produced? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium zarniwhoop Posted July 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 24, 2020 1 hour ago, 2750Papyrus said: For some reason, whilst there are lots of butterflies about in both Bedfordshire and Devon, they are not feeding on the buddleias. Has the dry summer reduced the amount of nectar produced? You didn't say what sort of butterflies. Were they species which normally feed on buddleia ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium zarniwhoop Posted July 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 24, 2020 I'll also add that I can see a buddleia when I go out (not often at the moment) - two weeks ago it didn't register, a week ago I noticed it was heavily in flower, tonight it has finished. Not so much reduced nectar as a short season, perhaps caused by the dry spring. I'll take my pedant's hat off now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jbqfc Posted July 31, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 31, 2020 gatekeeper gatekeeper by john brace, on Flickr gatekeeper by john brace, on Flickr green veined white green veined white by john brace, on Flickr comma comma by john brace, on Flickr 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastglosmog Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 I was investigating a hole in a field when this Peacock settled on the edge: 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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