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Cool and cloudy

26/5/2023

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The sunny and warm weather forecast for this week's transect proved unreliable. Thursday morning's cloud thinned towards midday and the sun started to shine until I arrived at Holly Lane car park to start my solo walk around, but then the clouds started to build once again. There was also a slight northerly breeze which felt fresh in the increasing shade.
 
All in all, this transect was a poor one. During the morning, I thought that I might be overwhelmed by the count numbers but I needn't have worried – there was hardly a butterfly to be seen. Although I recorded a few butterflies on Coneyboro Hill and Stagbury Field, it was once again the two sheltered sections of Fames Rough that provided the most butterflies: ten of the fifteen recorded on the whole transect.
Count details:
5 Dingy Skipper
3 Orange Tip
2 Small Copper
2 Brimstone
1 Holly Blue 
1 Large White
1 Peacock
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 Summary:
15 Butterflies from 7 species.
Click on butterfly names for more info.
Survey by  Brian Gardner
​submitted to Butterfly Conservation (
UKBMS).  ​
​Report and pics by Brian Gardner. ​
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Brimstone, Coneyboro Hill
Dingy Skipper, Fames Rough
Buzzard harassing Crow, Fames Rough
Germander Speedwell, Stagbury Field
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The steep and treacherous hill into Fames Rough.
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