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Hot and sultry

21/7/2021

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Tuesday's transect was the hottest and most sultry walk of this year but the butterflies loved it and were out in good numbers, so today's count of 524 was our highest since the bumper year of 2019.
 
Numbers were high thanks to the Marbled Whites, Meadow Browns, Ringlets and Small/Essex Skippers as per last week but these were boosted by the Brimstones, Gatekeepers and Large Whites. We also saw our first Clouded Yellows of the season.  About this time on previous years we've started to see the first Chalkhill Blues and second brood of the Common Blues but, apart from three Commons, there was no sign of their mass emergence in time for this week's transect.
 
As well as the highest total number for a couple of years it was also a very good transect for the number of species recorded,18 (six more than last week).
Count details:
175 
Meadow Brown
167 Marbled White
  39 Small/Essex Skipper
  30 Gatekeeper
  27 
Brimstone
  24 Ringlet
  18 Small Heath
  12 Large White
    6 Small White
    5 Dark Green Fritillary
   4 Clouded Yellow
   4 Speckled Wood
   3 Common Blue
   3 
Comma
   2 Red Admiral
   2 Silver-washed Fritillary
   2 
Large Skipper
   1 Small Copper
​​Click on butterfly names for more info.
Survey by Brian Gardner, Graham H ​and Graham K submitted to Butterfly Conservation (UKBMS). 
​Report by Brian Gardner, pics by Graham Kenward
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Dark Green Fritillary, Fames Rough
Silver-washed Fritillary, Fames Rough
Comma on bramble, Harholt Plantation
Male Brimstone, Fames Rough
Meadow Brown on Marjoram
Gatekeeper on bramble
Two Marbled Whites on Scabious
Marbled White in spider's web, Coneyboro Hill
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Red Admiral on Nettle
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