Glanville fritillary

[Ian Pratt]

Seen at Bonchurch Isle of Wight today.

[MrSp0ck]

Great hopefully the first of many.

[350LCPete]

Thanks for posting I’m hoping to see them next week

[MrSp0ck]

Our first male emerged at Hutchinsons Bank today, probably the first UK mainland sighting this year.

[Ian Pratt]

Seen today at Arreton Down, not a usual place fo rme to see them.

[MrSp0ck]

Seen today at Arreton Down, not a usual place fo rme to see them.

Again a very fresh male, hopefully they will have another good sunny flight period, numbers of larvae seemed to be higher this year.

[Ian Pratt]

A couple of more unusual photos.

[jonhd]

Love the dandelion clock photo!

[MrSp0ck]

Snap, Lovely day at Hutchinsons Bank in the cutting, the first female Glanville Fritillary emerged, the photos clearly show the differences between the sexes.

[Andy02]

One of mine from earlier this morning Martin at Hutchinson’s and small blue

[Matsukaze]

Is the population at Wrecclesham likely to be on the wing yet? This looks like it would be a good weekend to catch up with it.

[millerd]

Is the population at Wrecclesham likely to be on the wing yet? This looks like it would be a good weekend to catch up with it.

I don't know how accessible the site is these days - I'm sure I remember reading the perimeter fencing had been beefed up last year. Does anyone know what the latest state of play here is?

Dave

[MrSp0ck]

I think the Wrecclesham population is behind a strong fence now, people were removed from the site in 2019. I managed to see Glanvilles at several sites last year 4 in Surrey and 1 in Kent, none of these were Wrecclesham or IOW.

[David M]

A couple of more unusual photos.

That second one is beautiful, Ian. Picture postcard stuff.

Nice to know they're out and with several days of fine weather to come hopefully they will have a productive flight period in 2021.

[Ian Pratt]

Thanks for all kind comments.