We had a 'boiling' afternoon field trip for Cornwall Butterfly Conservation at Tuckingmill, nr St Breward on Bodmin Moor, mid Cornwall today 22nd May from 1:00pm onwards & saw 30+ Pearl-Bordered Fritillaries of which ALL BUT 1 were perfectly fresh! I assume therefore that on the 3 Bodmin Moor sites for the Pearl-Bordered Fritillary in Cornwall the species is really only now emerging in any numbers due to late Spring weather. Also saw 7+ O.Tips, 6+ G.V.Whites, 4 small coppers, 1 Holly Blue, 8+ Small Whites, and my son Robert Slaughter (aged 6) found a female earwig under a stone protecting & rounding up her brood of 20+ baby earwigs!! I've never seen that before! You learn something everytime at one of our fieldtrips!!! My wife & 2 young sons aged 4 & 6 walked round this site in scorching hot conditions (well 26 degrees - 79 farenheight in shade & very sweaty & humid!). Everyone had enough after 3 hours & called it a day due to the heat. The site is being managed well & looks very good for the long term security of this species in Cornwall thankfully.
Cheers all,
Lee Slaughter (Cornwall Butterfly Conservation Field Trip Organiser).
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