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You've inspired me to look more carefully at the elm suckers in hedgerows on my local patch. One was healthy enough to support a few Comma caterpillars a few years back so you never know.
Happy New Year!
Dave
That is a great way to show the progress of your mission bugboy...great stuffbugboy wrote:I've kept myself busy on these cold dark evenings when not enjoying the merriment of the season, updating my mission in pictorial form...
just that one pesky gap to fill on the bottom row!
Thanks David, I've certainly managed to pack a lot in in the intervening 3 yearsDavid M wrote:That's an ingenious way of summarising your yearly 'missions', Bugboy. You've come a long way since 2014, that's for sure.
I've no doubt you'll bag the Mountain Ringlet this summer to make your chart complete, and you may well encounter one or two more 'exotics' as well!
Best of luck with it!
Thnaks Paul, I suspect a few lunch breaks will be spent watching those Elms too. I'm keeping my fingers crossed the larger suckers haven't yet been struck down by DED!Paul Harfield wrote:Nice work Bugboybugboy wrote: I found myself with half an hour spare at work (ssshhhhh). That's not a bad return for half an hours looking. Hopefully there is a thriving colony there.
When it comes to the flight season my advice would be to wait until the first WLH are recorded elsewhere then spend your day looking once you know they are out. At the first opportunity when the weather is good of course. Don't be put off if after spending a half day looking you see nothing give it another try a few days later, if you have the time to spare of course. Good luck
I'm sure there are loads of colonies discretely going about their business in London with all it's green spaces, assuming there's a few Elms dotted around. Historically London Plane's are the tree of choice in the built up areas with their ability to cope with air pollution, but I'd be surprised there aren't a few Elms in places like Hampstead Heath and the Royal Parks. I know they're on Alexandra park.millerd wrote:That WLH is a brilliant sighting.I wonder how many others are dotted around the parks of Central London?
You've inspired me to look more carefully at the elm suckers in hedgerows on my local patch. One was healthy enough to support a few Comma caterpillars a few years back so you never know.
Happy New Year!
Dave
Thanks Neil, just have to keep my fingers crossed the weather play fair, I have the second half of June safely booked offNeil Freeman wrote:That is a great way to show the progress of your mission bugboy...great stuffbugboy wrote:I've kept myself busy on these cold dark evenings when not enjoying the merriment of the season, updating my mission in pictorial form...
just that one pesky gap to fill on the bottom row!![]()
All the best with filling that last space with Mountain Ringlet.
Cheers,
Neil