April 2010 Sightings
- Lee Hurrell
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April 2010 Sightings
No, nothing yet.....but this month HAS to be when things get going!
Cheers
Lee
Cheers
Lee
To butterfly meadows, chalk downlands and leafy glades; to summers eternal.
- Dave McCormick
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Re: April 2010 Sightings
Nothing today anyway
I am thinking best time would be anytime next weekend or after, this week wasn't great, snow/rain etc... next week looks wet (well here in Northern Ireland anyway) and next weekend is looking up, maybe then might be the best time to go looking for butterflies, for me anyway.but this month HAS to be when things get going!
Cheers all,
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Re: April 2010 Sightings
Just before it all kicks off properly, and before we're all pleasantly distracted with the adults, there's still time left to look for things like hairstreak eggs before the leaves come out. I'm finding loads of Purple Hairstreak eggs on Epsom Common, some of which we're tagging for ease of relocation - we plan to photograph the developing larvae over the coming months.
Personally I'm still stuck on last month's 2 Brimstones, 11 Commas and 2 Peacocks...c'mon the rest!!!![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
Personally I'm still stuck on last month's 2 Brimstones, 11 Commas and 2 Peacocks...c'mon the rest!!!
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- Lee Hurrell
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Re: April 2010 Sightings
You're doing well Gibster!
2 Red Admirals and 2 Commas for me. Anyone not seen any yet?
The whites were well out by this time last year....
Cheers
Lee
2 Red Admirals and 2 Commas for me. Anyone not seen any yet?
The whites were well out by this time last year....
Cheers
Lee
To butterfly meadows, chalk downlands and leafy glades; to summers eternal.
Re: April 2010 Sightings
Small tortoishells today and also saw my first urban butterfly it was a small tort or a peacock I could not tell. I cant wait to see my first orange tip.
Felix
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Felix
Re: April 2010 Sightings
Yep me, still drawn a blank. Time to get the jobs done round the house and go looking for morels...Lee Hurrell wrote:You're doing well Gibster!
2 Red Admirals and 2 Commas for me. Anyone not seen any yet?
The whites were well out by this time last year....
Cheers
Lee
Cheers
Bill
- GsButterflies
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Re: April 2010 Sightings
Managed my first butterfly image of 2010 and with my new 100mm Canon Macro lens.
10 Brimstones and 5 Peacocks today in mixed weather conditions.
G
10 Brimstones and 5 Peacocks today in mixed weather conditions.
G
- Charles Nicol
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Re: April 2010 Sightings
that is a lovely picture GsButterflies... an interesting mix of colours & shapes. The brown/purple curves of the Brimstone's antennae and wing joint reappear in the leaves in the top left.
Charles
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Charles
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- Dave McCormick
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Re: April 2010 Sightings
Found a female large white in my garden with crumpled up wings, looks like another emerged from pupae, but didn't expand its wings properly
it can't really fly well.
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Cheers all,
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Re: April 2010 Sightings
Another update, found a male Large White in garden, making advances on the crumpled female, but she wasn't having it and so the male gave up and flew away.
Cheers all,
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- Wildmoreway
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Re: April 2010 Sightings
Saw about 20 Small Tortoiseshells yesterday and today in Hollicombe Gardens near Paignton, they were on a patch of low growing nettles mixed with dandelions, today just over the road from Hollicombe Gardens on a path I saw my first Comma, and a Peacock flew past me near Cockington. Things have certainly livened up.
Re: April 2010 Sightings
Woohoo finally, a single Brimstone just flew through the garden, I broke my 2010 duck.
Cheers
Bill
Cheers
Bill
- Vince Massimo
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Re: April 2010 Sightings
Well done Bill, we were all getting worried
Had my best day of the year at my local reserve in Chaldon, Surrey. Saw 8 Peacock, 6(Male) Brimstone and a Comma. No photos unfortunately so had to settle for a picture of a snail and some fungus. There was also a Peacock waiting for me in my garden when I got home
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Cheers,
Vince
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Had my best day of the year at my local reserve in Chaldon, Surrey. Saw 8 Peacock, 6(Male) Brimstone and a Comma. No photos unfortunately so had to settle for a picture of a snail and some fungus. There was also a Peacock waiting for me in my garden when I got home
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Cheers,
Vince
Re: April 2010 Sightings
A dozen peacocks and one, possibly two, small tortoiseshell in a ditch (see diary entry) and a small tortoiseshell and a peacock over high wood too. ![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
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Re: April 2010 Sightings
I saw a lot of butterflies today they include ( lost count on most of them)
(approx) 8-10 Peacocks, (approx) 5-6 small torts, 3 commas and my first white I could not tell if it was a large or a small because it flew quickley over a hedge but it deffinatily was a white.
Felix
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Felix
Re: April 2010 Sightings
FINALLY clawed back Small Tort from Sami today when one almost flew into my truck window in South London. A warm 30mins in Carshalton resulted in another Small Tort, a Peacock and a male Brimstone. Also Harlequin Ladybird flying in Sutton.
Yearlist = 4 species. No sign of any whites yet though, why has Dave had them so much earlier than the rest of us??? Share and share alike, Dave!!![Wink :wink:](./images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
Yearlist = 4 species. No sign of any whites yet though, why has Dave had them so much earlier than the rest of us??? Share and share alike, Dave!!
![Wink :wink:](./images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
Raising £10,000 for Butterfly Conservation by WALKING 1200 miles from Land's End to John O'Groats!!!
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Re: April 2010 Sightings
Yeah Dave - I'm waiting for my first Whites too
Best day of the year here so far!
Comma, Peacock. S. Tortoiseshell and Brimstone in 10mins at lunchtime today! Why was I at work
N
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Best day of the year here so far!
Comma, Peacock. S. Tortoiseshell and Brimstone in 10mins at lunchtime today! Why was I at work
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N
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- Neil Hulme
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Re: April 2010 Sightings
Hi all,
Things are finally hotting up. First Grizzled Skipper this afternoon, together with 6 Peacock and a Brimstone, and the moths Pyrausta aurata and P. despicata.
Neil
Things are finally hotting up. First Grizzled Skipper this afternoon, together with 6 Peacock and a Brimstone, and the moths Pyrausta aurata and P. despicata.
Neil
- Trev Sawyer
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Re: April 2010 Sightings
A Grizzled Skipper Neil?.... Yaaayyyy
... Now that really IS a sign of spring. The season starts here!
Trev
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Re: April 2010 Sightings
First Butterfly of 2010..Brimstone..driving to Eastbourne just past Cuckmere Haven. Do I win a prize?
Danny
Danny