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And finally ...

26/9/2021

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The week's weather was forecast to deteriorate after the weekend and so we decided to do this year's final transect on Sunday afternoon. In anticipation of the Ramblers Rest car park being full for a lunchtime start, we parked in Holly Lane and picked up the transect route at the fenced-off pit in Stagbury Field and then proceeded in anti-clockwise (reverse) sequence from Section 10.
We saw no butterflies at all in our first two sections (10 and 9) and a single Red Admiral in Section 8 (Barn Field). In Section 7 (Hill Wood Field) we saw four butterflies, including a close-up view of a Brown Hairstreak who posed nicely for the camera. From Sections 7 and back to 12 there were only a handful of Meadow Browns and Common Blues, but also a passing Clouded Yellow on Section 2 (Hither Field).
Count for Transect 26:
8 Meadow Brown
3 Common Blue
2 Brown Argus
1 Brown Hairstreak
1 Clouded Yellow
1 Comma
1 Small Copper
1 Small White
Click on butterfly names for more info.
Total: 18 Butterflies from 8 species.
From the start of April to the end of September we've walked 23 of the possible 26 transects and recorded a total of 3,295 butterflies from 33 species.


PS. Look out for my report covering our ‘butterfly year’.
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Brown Hairstreak, Hill Wood Field


​Survey by Brian Gardner, Graham H and Graham K submitted to Butterfly Conservation (
UKBMS). ​
Report by Brian Gardner. 
​Pics by GK. 
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Worn Small Copper, Hither Field
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Common Lizard, Fames Rough
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And it's goodbye from the transectuals until next year: Graham K, Roger Vye, Brian Gardner and Graham H.

Seasonal berries on the transect

Guelder Rose (Viburnum opulus), Coneyboro Hill
Black Bryony, Coneyboro HIll
Hawthorn berries, Hill Wood FIeld
Sloes, Hill Wood Field
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