Last weekend we went just across the border to Pound Wood in the Wyre forest where we saw
Speckled Wood 4
SPB Fritillary all flying very fast (but counted 5 that I could see at any one time)
Small Skipper 1
Wood White 6
Brimstone 2
Numerous Ringlets
Here on my local patch, which is a West facing meadow on a sandstone ridge above Bridgnorth, things have improved dramatically this week. When I arrived home from Greece at the end of June, all I could find was One Cinnibar Moth and One Large Skipper. The Wednesday evening visit was a little different with
Ringlets ~ numerous
Meadow brown ~ numerous
Small heath ~ circa 10
Small Skipper ~ 2
Small Tortoiseshell ~ 3 freshly emerged
Female Brimstone ~ 1
One large fritillary flying too high and fast to ID
I am also keeping an eye out for marbled white (unusual for Shropshire) ~ I had two separate sightings on this patch last year but, none as yet.
Yesterday at Dudmaston Wood, the White Admiral has at long last emerged
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They were flying fast and furious in the sunshine but look to be in good numbers (Again I counted the number I could see at any one time and came up with 5)
There were also Ringlets (in the hundreds) far great numbers than anything else
Meadow brown ~ numerous
Speckled Wood 4
Small Skipper 2
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Also of note at Dudmaston, Brown hawker Dragonflies were out in numbers together with the largest Migrant Hawker I have ever seen. Given that a week ago, we saw two Speckled Woods, the sunshine has made a dramatic difference!