Noar Hill - win some (Brown Hairstreak), lose some (DoB)

[Robin]

Went to Noar Hill with my wife Pat this morning looking for the rare secong brood Duke of Burgundy that was seen there yesterday by Pauline Richards.
Bumped into forum members Gwenhwyfar and Gruditch who had been photographing it for about an hour. (Good to meet you both by the way). Despite a long search we couldn't find it. However we had ample compensation as Mel, (a member of the group we also met there which included forum member Wayne Clinch) found this:



Sorry Lisa and Garry, you left about half an hour too early.
Robin

[Mike Young]

Well I never, sorry to have missed you all, I was up at Noar after lunch, and saw very little. A common blue some brown argus and the usual other common species.
Plenty of trampled vegetation though ! I though there must have been an invasion earlier in the day

[Gwenhwyfar]

Plenty of trampled vegetation though ! I though there must have been an invasion earlier in the day

That was Gruditch Mike, he's been at the cakes again!! Sorry we missed you.

Hi Robin & Pat nice to meet you too, felt really guilty that you never got to see the Duke of Burgundy, especially as we had been photographing him for at least an hour.

Heres a few of my dob pics.

[Rogerdodge]

Wow!!!!!!!!!!
This is extraordinary.
I can find no record of a second brood DoB in my books at all.
In fact the definitive Maitland Emmet & Heath gives 26th June as the latest recorded date.
Wonderful.
Also - good photos.
Interestingly I can see no physical diference to the earlier brood - can anyone else?
Well done you two!!
Roger

[FlyByWire]

Yeah it's almost tempting to dump my plans for tomorrow and head to Ivinghoe Beacon in the Chilterns to see if they have come out there too. (As well as the new Dingy Skipper Brood I heard about too.)

Nice pics. Well done for finding the BH. Jack and I were unsuccessful with that species at Oakley Wood today. Although another guy there got some nice pics. I'll have to return there again if I have time.

-Mike

[Martin]

Went to Noar Hill today with BryanH...it was like a UKbutterflies meeting! Also there, in chronological order, were Mike Young, Robin and Pat Turner and Pauline (sorry, don't know your surname ).

My two best shots...







Martin.

[Mike Young]

T'was a very enjoyable morning, meeting with everyone and a treat to see the second brood DOB.
Typical of my luck I was further up the track when the BH put in a brief appearance.
Heres a couple of mine from the day.









Those blessed parasites put in an appearance

[Bryan H]

Those blessed parasites put in an appearance

Sorry, Mike!

We didn't know you were going to be there!

Here's my take on Herr Braun (Frau, actually) - please bear in mind that I had to fight off two men and a woman to get this shot!:



Bryan

[Martin]

That's an absolute stonker Bryan!

Martin.

[Mike Young]

.........I wouldn't mind but I'd been at Noar at least an hour longer than you two jammy beggars

Seriously though... congratulations on both shots, considering the short time you had and the less than convenient perch it landed on, you both did darn well !

[Robin]

Hi Lisa,
You needn't worry about us not seeing the Duke on Saturday, we caught up with him on the Sunday:


and yesterday:


Hope you get to a Brown Hairstreak soon.
Best regards
Pat & Robin

[Gwenhwyfar]

Glad you got to see the little guy, nice pics too.
I think we are going again on Sunday morning with Rogerdodge, so will keep a look out for the hairstreak too.

[Mike Young]

I saw my very first Brown Hairstreak today at the triangle, a beautiful fresh female.
A good close view at chest height, but I wasn't quick enough to get a shot

The Dukes were found paired up today by Pauline, she got some shots of the event