OwenE wrote: ↑Thu Jan 20, 2022 5:33 pmThank you, I’m sure I’ll take you up on that.
No problem, Owen. I've spent 12 years studying the wider area so I'm sure I can track down just about anything!
A look back at 2021
May cont…
Mid to late May saw no improvement in the awful weather; each passing day seemed to be mainly cloudy with 10-12c temperatures. Butterflies were understandably thin on the ground, with this fresh Small Copper being one of the few I took an image of:
I spent several fruitless hours looking for Wall Browns that had probably not yet emerged, although I finally had success on 22nd at Kenfig Dunes, when I saw a handful of this normally early-May species:
Thankfully, things warmed up by the late May Bank Holiday weekend, and on 29th I travelled to Rodborough Common in Gloucestershire where it seemed like I had swapped planets – there were multi-dozens of butterflies about and it was finally T-shirt weather:
Amongst the dozen plus Dukes, I came across a single, beautifully fresh male Adonis Blue:
My first Painted Lady of the year also stopped for a few moments:
The following day was equally suitable for butterfly hunting, so I nipped out on my local Common to find several Small Pearl Bordered Fritillaries:
The last day of May was a Bank Holiday, and I remained close to home and managed to photograph some of my local Marsh Fritillaries:
All in all, however, this was a month to largely forget.