Large White - male pictured 5 (5) , Small White 8 (9) , Common Blue 197 (81) , Holly Blue 2 (0)
female pictured with extensive dark markings on wing edges , Gatekeeper 49 (24) , Peacock 3
(9) , Meadow Brown 197 (24) including this mating pair , Silver Washed Fritillary 12+ including 
five egg laying females and two courting couples (1) , Brown Argus 43 (25) , Small Heath 10 (2) , 
Small Copper 7 including this tiny specimen (0) , Brimstone 8 (9) , Speckled Wood 6 (2) ,
Green-veined White 3 (5) , Red Admiral 3 (0) , Comma 3 pictured above (3) , Ringlet 3 pictured
(1) so come on Warren , they are still about even if they are past their best , White-lettered 
Hairstreak 4 (0) , Marbled White 0 (3) pictured below .
Apart from butterflies , I must have seen 40/50 Silver Y moths , migrants from the near 
Continent , but no sign of the Hummingbird Hawk moth that I found last visit .Only other interest was a Fox that was too quick for the camera yesterday , and a Hornet that just would not pose today .
5 comments:
Greenie,
How do you butterfly counts from this year compare to other years. 2010 seems a very good year all round.
PS I dont believe ringlets actually exist !
Beautiful marbled white!
Fine butterfly figures, but have Skippers gone now?
For the record, I've had no Ringlets for a couple of weeks now.
Hi Greenie, Like Warren I think it has been a great year for butterflies. Also had a Jersey Tiger in my moth trap ove Friday night, what a surprise and great looking moth.
Warren/Steve ,
Overall , I think it will go down as a good butterfly year , but in my experience , the species that overwintered as adults suffered from the long cold Winter ,as did the Purple Hairstreak , who's eggs must have been damaged by the cold , or predated by hungry birds etc .
Speckled Wood , all three Skippers and Ringlets all were recorded in fewer numbers and for much shorter flight periods too . I haven't recorded a Skipper for about 10 days now , and they usually go on well towards September .
The biggest success seems to be the Whites , whether by breeding or migration from the Continent , they seem to be everywhere at the moment .
Warren , they do , ask Steve .
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