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Numbers down again

10/6/2022

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This is going to sound repetitive, but this week's transect (walked on Thursday) was another very low count – in fact, our lowest Week 10 count of the six years we've been recording butterfly numbers.
 
The forecast afternoon sun had already vanished before GH and I had started our walk and although the temperature remained high enough it was offset by a strengthening wind. Perhaps if the wind had been kinder more butterflies would have been up and flying.
 
We counted 8 Meadow Browns, 5 Dingy Skippers and a handful of individuals from seven other species, as shown below.
Here's what we recorded:
8 Meadow Brown
5 Dingy Skipper
3 Common Blue
2 Painted Lady
2 Small Heath
2 Small Tortoiseshell
1 Brimstone
1 Brown Argus (first sighting of 2022)
1 Peacock
 Summary: 25 Butterflies from 9 species.
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Survey by Brian Gardner and Graham H submitted to Butterfly Conservation (UKBMS).  ​
​Report and pics by Brian Gardner. 
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Pristine Small Tortoiseshell, Stagbury Field
Tattered Peacock, Fames Rough
Dingy Skipper, Fames Rough
Brown Argus, Fames Rough
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