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Calm before the storm

9/8/2019

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Yesterday was the last warm fine weather (with intermittent cloud cover) before the forecast summer storm hit overnight. The late season decline in numbers is becoming quite noticeable now. The Marbled Whites and Small/Essex Skippers were absent today; Gatekeepers and Meadow Browns are still around but in fewer numbers and the number of Chalkhills was probably at its peak. The long-predicted horde of Painted Ladies (the butterflies, of course) has still not reached our patch yet but we recorded and photographed one individual in Section 1.
 
Here are the details of what we saw:
 
111
Meadow Brown
  64 Gatekeeper
  35 Chalkhill Blue
  12 Common Blue
    7 Brown Argus
    5 Brimstone
    4 Large White
    2 Small Heath
    2 Dark Green Fritillary
    2 Silver-washed Fritillary
    2 Ringlet
    2 Small Copper
    1 Painted Lady
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Common Blue on Marjoram
Summary: 249 butterflies across 13 species.
Click on butterfly names for more info.

Survey on 8-8-19 by Brian G and Graham H.
​submitted to Butterfly Conservation (UKBMS). 
Info and pics by Brian G.​
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Painted Lady
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Chalkhill Blue
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Dark Green Fritillary
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