Bonus Brown Argus

13/9/2022

With only two weeks to go to the end of the 26-week butterfly counting season, transect 24 was walked on Monday by GH and BG. Although cloudy to start with, the weather soon picked up nicely to give a fine warm early autumn morning.

Once again the count consisted of Meadow Browns, Common Blues plus a Small White and a couple of Speckled Woods, to which were added the surprise bonus of seven Brown Arguses – we've only recorded one of these in each of the months of June, July and August.

Count details:
14 Meadow Brown
7 Brown Argus
5 Common Blue
2 Speckled Wood
1 Small White

Summary:
29 butterflies from 5 species.
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Survey by Graham H and Brian Gardner
submitted to Butterfly Conservation (UKBMS).
Report and pics by Brian Gardner. 
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