White Letter Hairstreaks & Commas

Good Video Captures today of Commas Staging on Bramble 50 or so per bramble thicket at location . Record numbers in terms of density with eye estimates of 20 or so discrete numbers from thicket to thicket .Also a good space to work on the afternoon light gradient for both species  

Whiteletter Hairstreaks also coming to Bramble to stage ,display and Nectar and also to Ragwort to Nectar , 2 Pairs recorded on capture close to the main larva source Wych Elm. The WLH does ground but more often than not gets its grub from aphid dew but will do so in exceptionally hot  or dry weather inc that of wind drying

Other Species

Include the usual culprits Speckled Wood , Small White , GV White Meadow Brown , Ringlet, Large and Small Skipper and occ Red Admiral

Conundrum

It Flew in Bradford and staged in Calderdale  and eventually  landed  on the precise  boundary line between. The Wych Elm grow on the Bradford beckside and the leaves overarch the beck into Calderdale Airspace . Where Do I live LOL

Conservation Status

Butterfly Conservation priority: High

Section 41 species of principal importance under the 2006 NERC Act in England

Listed on Section 7 of the Environment (Wales) Act 2016

GB Red List (2022): Vulnerable

Protected under Schedule 5 of the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act (for sale only)

European threat status: Not threatened