Judging by the Hants and IOW BC sightings page at http://www.butterfly-conservation.org/h ... tings.html, there seem to be a disproportionate number of Red Admiral sightings this year.
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Observation - A good year for Red Admiral!
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My first butterfly and my first large insect of the year was seen flying in of the beach and sea over the fringes of Widewater Lagoon at
2:00 pm. Alas, it was so sudden and disappeared so quickly I could not be positive of its identity. It was highly probably a Red
Admiral. The air temperature was 11.1 ºC.There was no definite proof that this was an immigrant butterfly as it could have been a
hibernating butterfly that had flown out from under the eaves of the nearby houses to the north, flown south and then north again
against the Light Breeze from the north-west. From previous experience in late autumn, there was good chance it was an immigrant
though.
My first butterfly and my first large insect of the year was seen flying in of the beach and sea over the fringes of Widewater Lagoon at
2:00 pm. Alas, it was so sudden and disappeared so quickly I could not be positive of its identity. It was highly probably a Red
Admiral. The air temperature was 11.1 ºC.There was no definite proof that this was an immigrant butterfly as it could have been a
hibernating butterfly that had flown out from under the eaves of the nearby houses to the north, flown south and then north again
against the Light Breeze from the north-west. From previous experience in late autumn, there was good chance it was an immigrant
though.
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Killed by frosts
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Adrian Hoskins
No Red Admirals were recorded locally in February 2006. They are the only butterfly to be recorded in all months of the year.
http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Butterfly-list2006.html
However, the tenmperature only dropped briefly below freezing, although the dew point was much lower.
Andy Horton
http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Butterfly-list2006.html
However, the tenmperature only dropped briefly below freezing, although the dew point was much lower.
Andy Horton
I don't know. Does anybody else? On the south coast of England, there seemed to be more on the coast than inland.Jon Stagg wrote:may interest you to know that two "tatty" Red Admirals were reported on the Lancaster & District birding site on 31/03/2006 as being seen in Torrisholme, Morecambe, Lancashire
Are these likely to to be migrants or residents?
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Missed the warm day for local butterflies. Red Admirals are fewer in March than any other month locally. Not many in April. I will not expect to see any before the end of the month.
Adur Butterfly & Large Moth List 2005
http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Butterfly-list2005.html
Andy Horton
Adur Butterfly & Large Moth List 2005
http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Butterfly-list2005.html
Andy Horton