Sunday, 25 July 2010

The Big Butterfly Count

Right on time for the Big Butterfly Count the garden is suddenly filled with them.

Our list for the 15 minutes included the following species:

small white
large white
holly blue
brimstone
peacock
comma
small tortoiseshell
speckled wood

No gatekeepers, skippers or meadow browns today, but given how few of them there are about I think that's pretty representative.

Brimstone on field scabious:

Peacock on buddleia:

Small tortoiseshell:

Holly blue on hemp agrimony:

You can submit your butterfly count here

Since we did the count this morning we've had a red admiral and our first ever common blue in the garden. Suddenly it's not seeming that bad a year for butterflies at Frog End.
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5 comments:

  1. Amila Kanchana25 July 2010 at 18:46

    I envy you! They are so beautiful!

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  2. Scriptor Senex27 July 2010 at 08:57

    I want to live down South!

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  3. Helen27 July 2010 at 10:09

    Well it is warmer down here - can you use that to convince Jo ;-) ?

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  4. Neil27 July 2010 at 23:17

    Thats an impressive garden list.

    Nice pics too!

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  5. Helen28 July 2010 at 18:40

    Thanks Neil. It's a list in progress at the moment as I learn to identify all the smaller insects.

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