I saw plenty of Small Pearl-bordered Fritillaries in 2016, all of them during a trip up north in early June. The first ones were seen at Warton Crag, Arnside Knot and Gait Barrows when we stayed in that area for a couple of days. These were mostly nice and fresh looking which indicated that we were at the beginning of their flight period in this area. At Warton Crag we were there mid afternoon on a sunny day and they were very active in the warm sun. I visited Arnside Knot the following morning and had better photo opportunities before it warmed up again...which it had by the afternoon when I dropped into Gait Barrows for a couple of hours.
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- Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary - Arnside Knot 04.06.2016
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- Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary - Arnside Knot 04.06.2016
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- Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary - Arnside Knot 04.06.2016
We then carried on to Scotland for a few days where I saw good numbers of SPBFs at Glasdrum Wood and at Glen Loy along the river. Many of these were more faded and worn looking than those seen earlier around Arnside & Silverdale indicating that they had been flying a bit longer, which ties in with the spell of good weather that part of Scotland had experienced for the previous few weeks.
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- Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary - Glen Loy 0.06.2016
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- Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary - Arnside Knot 04.06.2016
Returning to Arnside at the end of the week, another visit to the Knot in cooler and cloudier conditions enabled me to get some underside shots that I was particularly pleased with.
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- Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary - Arnside Knot 10.06.2016
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- Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary - Arnside Knot 10.06.2016
Cheers,
Neil.