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Red Admirals sail in

4/7/2020

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Because of the changeable and largely unfavourable week's weather we held out for Friday being the best day for our transect, and in doing so we inadvertently skipped week 13 as we passed the Wednesday to Wednesday transect-calendar week. 
 
Our walk-around started in the face of strong gusty wind, cloudy sky and barely suitable temperatures but it obviously didn't deter our butterflies because in Section 1 (where sightings are usually sparse) we counted five Marbled Whites and ten Meadow Browns. We went on to have a very successful transect seeing butterflies from 15 different species, including five Red Admirals and our first Silver-washed Fritillaries of this season. As in previous weeks, we saw no Blues (Small, Common or otherwise) on our walk but maybe we'll see a second brood from the Common Blues and, of course, we're only two or three weeks from the start of the Chalkhill Blues' flight season.
Count details:
146 
Marbled White
102 Ringlet
  99 Meadow Brown
  24 Small/Essex Skipper
    5 Red Admiral
    4 
Comma
   4 Dark Green Fritillary
   4 Large Skipper
   2 Silver-washed Fritillary
   2 
Small Copper
   2 Small White
   1 Speckled Wood
   1 Small Heath
   1 Brimstone
   1 Peacock
 
Total: 398 Butterflies from 15 species.

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New bloom: Marjoram, Hill Wood Field
Survey by Graham H, Graham K, Brian Gardner and Roger Vye
​submitted to Butterfly Conservation (UKBMS). 
​Report by Brian G.
​Pics  by Brian G & Graham K.

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Red Admiral underside, Harholt - Brian G
Red Admiral upperside, Harholt - Graham K
Comma, Harholt Plantation - Graham K
Marbled White on Field Scabious, Fames Rough - Graham K
Ringlet on Bramble blossom - Brian G
Dark Green Fritillary, Fames Rough - Graham K
Small/Essex Skipper, Coneyboro Hill - Graham K
Large Skipper, Fames Rough - Brian G

Bonus creatures

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Common Darter, Fames Rough
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Grasshopper, Fames Rough
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