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Record numbers!

28/6/2019

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Summer has arrived. The warm, sunny but breezy weather brought out butterflies in hordes. We had huge numbers of Meadow Browns, Small Heaths and Marbled Whites, plus a handful of Common Blues and Fritillaries but, sadly, no Small Blues this time.
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Details as follows:-
 
299 Meadow Brown
166 Small Heath
120 Marbled White
  14 Common Blue
    4 Small/Essex Skipper
    4 Large Skipper
    3 Brimstone
    3 Dark Green Fritillary
   2 Red Admiral
   2 Large White
   2 Speckled Wood
   1 Silver-washed Fritillary
   1 Small Copper
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So that's 621 butterflies across 13 species.
 
Click on butterfly names for more info.

As we're now at the halfway point through the transect season there is a spreadsheet (viewable here) showing what we've recorded so far. Look at last year's count for the end of June for an interesting comparison.
Survey by Brian G, Graham K and Graham H,
​submitted to Butterfly Conservation (UKBMS). 
Info by Brian G.
Hover over pics for captions. Click on pics to enlarge.
​All pics © Graham Kenward 2019.
Marbled White butterfly
Pyramidal Orchid
Small/Essex Skipper,
Tufted Vetch
Worn Common Blue
Small Heaths mating
Black-and-yellow Longhorn Beetle (Rutpela maculata)
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Counting butterflies on Barn Field
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