Wednesday, 25 July 2018
Cunnery Wood (meadow)
Had 45 minutes there today , the Small Coppers were all feeding on purple thistle heads last week , these have now all gone to seed and the Small Copper (34 of them) were feeding mainly on Ragwort.Great to see so many butterflys on the wing there were 30+ of Small / Large Whites , Meadow Browns and Speckled Woods. Small Skippers 10 , Peacocks 5 , Gatekeeper 5 , and the last of the Ringlets (looking very tatty now) 1 Small Tortoiseshell , 1 Holy Blue and 1 Purple Hairstreak........o and 2 Small Heath....
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Cunnery Wood area is brilliant. A great count of Small Coppers !
From yesterday
I managed 4fferent areas/habitats at Ogden (golf course area etc. Small White 49, Lge White 13 , G V White 44, Meadow Brown 15, Ringlet 10,Speckled Wood 2, Small Copper 5, Holy Blue 1, Gatekeeper 1, Small Skipper 5, Small Heath 1, Antler 3, Yellow Shell 3 and Silver Y 3.
I'm sure the whites here are well underestimated !
2 Purple Hairstreak at home and a Holly Blue + Large White x 6, Small White x 10, G V White x 2, Peacock x 1, Speckled Wood x 2, Small Tortoiseshell x 1, Comma x 2.
I might get around to catching up with the moths sometime though they are all logged in the book !
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