A report with photos of an individual at NT Trencrom Hill, West Cornwall, on UK BUTTERFLIES Facebook page. 01/07/23

One of the Facebook butterfly groups I’m on has a post showing a BVW in Cheshire! Don’t know if genuine as he hasn’t specified where in Cheshire. If so, yet another release?

Hi everyone, Just seen my first Green Hairstreaks of the year in the Peak District - on Lantern Pike, to be precise. I've never known them this early up here; usually they're not around until at least the end of April/start of May! There were at least five, all very flighty. Here's a quick phone sn...

3 September Nairnshire Peacocks and Tortoiseshells have moved north. Torties were in decent numbers but now presumably hibernating. Peacocks still in large numbers but tailing of slightly. But a week or two ago Peacocks in abundance that matched anything I had seen anywhere in UK. (except a newly e...

Latest transect from yesterday:

8 Red Admiral
5 Speckled Wood
3 Gatekeeper
1 Green Veined White

Still not a single Peacock or Small Tortoiseshell in this area. Anyone from the Pennines regions or NW experiencing the same thing?

First Painted Lady of the year at RSPB Dove Stone today!

First Green Hairstreak of the year at RSPB Dove Stone on Saturday, earliest we've seen them up here. In addition 5 Peacocks and a Small Tortoiseshell.

David M wrote:I'm surprised you have recorded so many Meadow Browns when they are all but spent here in south Wales.

I guess because we're further north and higher up?

The weather has been pants lately up here but I finally managed to do my weekly butterfly transect at RSPB Dovestone. 16 Meadow Brown 14 Gatekeeper 7 Small Heath 2 Small Tortoiseshell 3 Small Skipper 1 Large Skipper 2 Speckled Wood Plus at the other end of the site I finally found Purple Hairstreaks...

Same here, I spotted one this year when I haven't seen one before. I wonder, has it been a good year for them?

Thankyou Neil!

Hello! Can anyone ID the blues on this post in a forum I belong to? Would be a great help
http://forum.netweather.tv/topic/80957- ... ?p=3015870

Thanks Neil! I will look out for Elm trees as I haven't seen any round here at all, so I didn't think it would be possible we would get this species!

Hello All! A bit of excitment on my part in the garden just now with this little visitor. I guessed it was a White-letter Hairstreak, but would like some help from you guys in IDing it. I've never seen any Hairstreak species in this area before, so I was pretty chuffed :D Sorry for the quality, take...

As the season is winding down I wasn't expecting to see many butterflies now. But today the last few remaining buddleia flowers are covered in small tortoishells! At least 10-15 at any one time. They're all in pristine condition so I assume a brood nearby has just emerged, to appear all of a sudden.

Does seem that has been quite a lot of rain in North Africa and more to come by the looks of it, thanks to the jetstream being so far south. I think this bodes well

Denise wrote:Good day in the garden today. At least 5 very fresh Red Admiral, very few 'whites' 2 Painted Lady, about a dozen worn Speckled Wood and about 6 Comma.

Denise

A Comma is one butterfly that has been very scarce around here, only seen one all year

Another lovely sunny day today, saw several Speckled Woods out and about and a few whites, 3 Red Admirals, 2 Peacock and a Painted Lady in the garden.

Thanks very much for the info , very interesting.

Ah very interesting, thanks guys, is this common?