I saw Small Pearl Pearl-bordered Fritillaries during our trip up to the Arnside & Silverdale area early in June. The first ones were at Warton Crag where I saw between 8-10 fresh looking males which indicated that they were still early in their flight period up there.
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- Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary male - Warton Crag 09.06.2019
The following day we called into Latterbarrow LNR where I found a single fresh female.
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- Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary male - Latterbarrow 10.06.2019
Unfortunately, the weather turned cool and damp the following day which prevented me finding any at other sites in the area.
Later, in early August, we were down on The Lizard in Cornwall where we stayed in a B&B right down in Lizard Village for a few days. This gave me the opportunity to walk the coast path between there and Kynance Cove a few times and I saw plenty of second brood SPBF.
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- Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary male - The Lizard 05.08.019
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- Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary female - The Lizard 05.08.019
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- Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary underside - The Lizard 05.08.019
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- Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary female - Lizard 08.08.019
I couldn't decide which of these undersides I preferred so have posted both,
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- Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary underside - Lizard 08.08.019
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- Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary underside - Lizard 08.08.019
A drive over to Upton Towans near Hayle on the north coast also produced a fair number of Small Pearls with many of that population looking like they had been on the wing a little longer than those on The Lizard. The female below was probably the nicest individual I saw there.
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- Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary underside - Upton Towans 07.08.019
Cheers,
Neil.