April 2010 Sightings
Re: April 2010 Sightings
1 speckled wood and 1(female) orange tip flying around a small field of ladies smock(I saw the SW when walking to school on a blue bell it looked rather cold and I saw the orange tip on the coach that we went on for a school trip).
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When I was a few years younger than you are now (way back in the Stone Age)! I caught a female Orange Tip. The only poor quality picture I had at the time was of a male Orange Tip. I thought that my female (clearly an Orange Tip) without the orange must have been what my mum called a “freak”. That catch really got me going and my interest has never stopped.
At about the same time, I caught a sparkling Common Blue and proudly took it to school to show my head teacher. To my great upset (and confusion) he dismissed it as a “moth”. Another moment of realisation - adults aren’t always right!
Jack
At about the same time, I caught a sparkling Common Blue and proudly took it to school to show my head teacher. To my great upset (and confusion) he dismissed it as a “moth”. Another moment of realisation - adults aren’t always right!
Jack
Re: April 2010 Sightings
Well, at the end of April I'm on a grand total of 15 species of (adult) butterflies for the year, plus Purple Hairstreak larva and Brown Hairstreak egg. And that's three more than Sami - my girlfriend - so I'm a happy bunny!!!
'Course she'll doubtless catch up soon enough...
We're attempting a BIG YEAR for our first time. If you wanna check our progress (which is pretty good thus far!) have a butchers at http://www.butterflyblitz2010.webs.com
Guess it's all eyes to May 2010 Sightings next...we're hoping to be approaching 25 species for the year by the end of May...
Seth and Sami
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We're attempting a BIG YEAR for our first time. If you wanna check our progress (which is pretty good thus far!) have a butchers at http://www.butterflyblitz2010.webs.com
Guess it's all eyes to May 2010 Sightings next...we're hoping to be approaching 25 species for the year by the end of May...
Seth and Sami
Raising £10,000 for Butterfly Conservation by WALKING 1200 miles from Land's End to John O'Groats!!!
See http://www.justgiving.com/epicbutterflywalk or look up Epic Butterfly Walk on Facebook.
See http://www.justgiving.com/epicbutterflywalk or look up Epic Butterfly Walk on Facebook.
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Good luck guys. I tried this in 2006 and had a blast!
See "Chasing the British Butterflies" at http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/reports.php
Cheers,
- Pete
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Cheers,
- Pete
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Re: April 2010 Sightings
Reports on the Sussex BBCS website point to there having been an influx of Red Admirals in the past couple of days .