sb67 Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 Seems like a really good year for Butterflies here, I've seen so many in my garden and way more Red Admirals than last year. The Hummingbird Hawk Moth has been back, tried to get a photo but it is so fast! Tried all sorts of settings, need a better camera I think! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Flying Pig Posted July 26, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 26, 2023 Posting this laughable image as it just about shows a White-letter Hairsstreak that was pointed out to me this morning by the delighted couple right in front of whom it had chosen to settle. It is regular but scarce and difficult to see at this site. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerburnie Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 We have very few butterflies, it is spooky, several buddleia's in flower and just bees and the odd Red Admiral or Tortoiseshell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jbqfc Posted July 26, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 26, 2023 while at Ropley waiting for my train during the Mid Hants diesel gala i got a few pics comma a couple of red admirals John 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 Must be a good year for Butterflies here, never seen so many in my garden as I did this morning, well over double figures of Red Admirals and Gatekeepers, a few Whites and a Comma and Peacock and a bit later the first Painted Lady of the year. I also managed to finally get a photo of this fine Hummingbird Hawk Moth, took over 100 trying to snap it! 5 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jbqfc Posted July 30, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 30, 2023 While waiting for the long welded rail train at Ifield station Crawley i got a couple of pics small white holly blue John 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted August 20, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 20, 2023 Have been trying to get a holly blue photo all year … there’s lots about , a much better summer for butterflies… moths too given the state of my car after a fishing trip! Cracked the Holly blue on Saturday at Dunster … a meadow brown too . Just before I took the photo there were two Holly blues in the frame… 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted September 29, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 29, 2023 Red admirals have had a good year. Here they are today enjoying the ivy in late Autumn sunshine… Red admirals video 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 A Red Admiral enjoying the sun on a Buddleia this morning, I've seen loads this year, along with a lot of Gatekeepers in my garden. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR traction instructor Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 (edited) Clifden nonpareil moth in Dawn's parent's Nantwich area garden last night was only the 7th for Cheshire. Boxtree moth has caterpillars that account for the current prevalence of box blight... BeRTIe Edited October 8, 2023 by BR traction instructor 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejstubbs Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 (edited) We've had a good year for butterflies here, as it seems everyone has: UK butterfly numbers at highest level since 2019. One highlight for me was a comma landing on my arm when we were out walking in Roslin Glen. Apparently they've only recently started to recolonise southern Scotland after recovering from a population crash in the mid-1800s which saw it pretty much confined to the Welsh border counties. On 26/07/2023 at 13:47, tigerburnie said: We have very few butterflies, it is spooky, several buddleia's in flower and just bees and the odd Red Admiral or Tortoiseshell. We do have one buddleia, in fact we've had it for years, but we never see butterflies on it. The only lepidopteran we've ever seen feeding from it was this year and it wasn't a butterfly, it was a hummingbird hawk moth. Which was nice, since we've not seen one in our garden before. Fortunately the butterflies seem quite happy with the other nectar-bearing plants we have. I spotted a Silver Y moth the other day on my way to the bus stop. I can't remember the last time I saw one of those here so that was nice, too. Edited October 8, 2023 by ejstubbs 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted October 8, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 8, 2023 2 hours ago, ejstubbs said: We've had a good year for butterflies here, as it seems everyone has: UK butterfly numbers at highest level since 2019. One highlight for me was a comma landing on my arm when we were out walking in Roslin Glen. Apparently they've only recently started to recolonise southern Scotland after recovering from a population crash in the mid-1800s which saw it pretty much confined to the Welsh border counties. We do have one buddleia, in fact we've had it for years, but we never see butterflies on it. The only lepidopteran we've ever seen feeding from it was this year and it wasn't a butterfly, it was a hummingbird hawk moth. Which was nice, since we've not seen one in our garden before. Fortunately the butterflies seem quite happy with the other nectar-bearing plants we have. I spotted a Silver Y moth the other day on my way to the bus stop. I can't remember the last time I saw one of those here so that was nice, too. Commas are very territorial…. They will always choose the best perch in their territory and if that happens to be a human then so be it. Had one do the same in our garden…., Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2750Papyrus Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 First Brimstone of the year! Always a sign of spring, though I had to persuade the puppy not to chase it. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted March 14 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 14 13 minutes ago, 2750Papyrus said: First Brimstone of the year! Always a sign of spring, though I had to persuade the puppy not to chase it. Was just going to post exactly the same! Saw a female road side driving home from Usk this morning 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted March 16 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 16 Our over wintering peacock in the garden shed is still there though.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerburnie Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Still getting over night frosts up here, so I hope they all still asleep just now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR traction instructor Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 (edited) This little chap has climbed a long way up and might have to walk a long way down one of our fence uprights... BeRTIe Edited March 16 by BR traction instructor 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted April 2 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 2 Working out on drive on layout has its advantages …. Buzzed yesterday by a male brimstone and a tortoiseshell in addition to the more literal bumble bees. Overwintering peacock had left the garden shed too, hopefully to produce a new year’s generation. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted April 2 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 2 (edited) A solitary Peacock so far this year. Too many cold breezes perhaps. Edited April 2 by phil_sutters 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted April 2 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 2 33 minutes ago, phil_sutters said: A solitary Peacock so far this year. Too many cold breezes perhaps. As beautiful as ever… 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Jeremy Cumberland Posted April 2 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 2 I was delighted to see a brimstone flying alongside the train on the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway on Sunday. It's the first time I've seen one since moving to Cumberland, which is right at the northern edge of their range. Apart from that, all I've seen this year are a few orange and brown things too far away to positively identify, but I think were small tortoiseshells. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mol_PMB Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 No butterflies in my garden in west Manchester yet, but I have seen my first pipistrelle of the season a couple of days ago, and there are tens of thousands of tadpoles in my pond, so spring has sprung and hopefully the butterflies (and dragonflies) will be along soon. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted April 2 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 2 On Sunday I saw a small tortoiseshell flying around my garden, it landed on several flowers before moving next door. I often see them from late March onwards on fine days. David 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Searle Posted April 13 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 13 An Orange Tip this morning in Surrey: Cheers, Dave 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR traction instructor Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 (edited) Dozens of these young moths are emerging from under our slate top dressing in the garden...ruby tiger? BeRTIe Edited April 26 by BR traction instructor 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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