May I extend fulsome New Year wishes to all UKB members (albeit 2 hours before Big Ben sounds its chimes) and one hopes that 2018 brings many delightful moments for everybody.
Meantime, good luck hunting in this most austere of months. Hopefully, in 6 weeks time we'll all be getting some early action.
January 2018
- Vince Massimo
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Re: January 2018
No butterflies about at the moment, and none likely any time soon, but there are early stages to find and observe. Today, the nettle plants that I have been monitoring in the shelter of a south-facing cemetery wall in Crawley produced a Red Admiral larva emerging from its egg.
There are also still scores of unhatched eggs.
The temperature today was 6C in sunny conditions, but with a cold wind.
Vince
A more detailed report is here: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=9581&p=127279#p127279
There are also still scores of unhatched eggs.
The temperature today was 6C in sunny conditions, but with a cold wind.
Vince
A more detailed report is here: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=9581&p=127279#p127279
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Re: January 2018
Hear, hear!
Adrian Riley and all at Bugalert.
Adrian Riley and all at Bugalert.
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Re: January 2018
Red admiral on the wing yesterday at Romsey seen whilst looking for the Hawfinches.
January Red Ad.
Red Admiral reported yesterday (16th) at Dungeness Bird Observatory ! Regards Allan.W.
- Vince Massimo
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Re: January 2018
Whilst monitoring Red Admiral eggs in Crawley today, a Red Admiral flew across my path at 12.20 but did not stop. At the time it was slightly cloudy and the temperature was 9C. I then completed my egg count and managed to find 20 unhatched eggs.
Vince
Vince
Re: January 2018
Encouraging stuff given the time of year! It's been mild lately, and today I saw my first snowdrops and I'm sure within a week we'll have our first daffodils flowering. It was 11c today and in the sunshine it felt more like early March. I hope we can avoid extremes in the next few weeks as I fear spring is already about to burst forth, unseasonably early yet again.
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Red Admiral sighting
My son spotted his first butterfly of the year,sunning itself on the school wall.An overwintering Red Admiral,in Edgware London no less
Re: January 2018
Nick
Re: January 2018
Great effort, Nick! A butterfly in January is a precious thing indeed!
We'd rather things developed a little more slowly, but given that spring is imminent, one hopes that there will be no late winter extremes to do damage to this early awakening.
We'd rather things developed a little more slowly, but given that spring is imminent, one hopes that there will be no late winter extremes to do damage to this early awakening.
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Re: January 2018
A visit to the winter flowerbeds in Tilgate Park, Crawley today produced 3 different Red Admirals at 1pm.
The sun had been shining all morning after a slight overnight frost and the temperature reached 9C (with a slight southerly wind) before the cloud rolled in. This is the same location where they were seen last winter.
Vince
The sun had been shining all morning after a slight overnight frost and the temperature reached 9C (with a slight southerly wind) before the cloud rolled in. This is the same location where they were seen last winter.
Vince