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A very Happy New Year to all good and upstanding forum members.

With a week or so of relatively benign weather forecast, I reckon some on here may have a chance of a very early sighting...

A few more New Year's Eve party drinks and I'm not sure I'll be either good or upstanding but ...

Happy New Year anyway

Mike

New Year’s Day sighting but not as I would have wanted. A Small Tortoiseshell that had remained undetected in the lounge woke up and fluttered by the window. I am surprised it has hibernated so well in a centrally heated house.

It certainly would not have a good future if let free outdoors now. So it has been boxed, and is outside where temperature is currently is a balmy 7C. When we get the next cold spell, it will be brought indoors and join two others already in the fridge.

Jack

It's now sound asleep - and looking very healthy - in its box in the fridge where temperature is around +4C.

Jack

Found my first butterfly of 2020 today a Red Admiral at Bolderwood in the New Forest! One down 49 more to go!

Have a goodun

Wurzel

Jack Harrison wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2020 5:40 pm It's now sound asleep - and looking very healthy - in its box in the fridge where temperature is around +4C.

Good luck with it, Jack.

I checked Hutchinsons Bank this morning and to my surprise the Glanville Fritillary larvae were awake and sunning themselves on the hibernation web, its at least 3 weeks early. I also saw a female Comma at the end of the cutting.

MrSp0ck wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 1:32 pm....I also saw a female Comma at the end of the cutting.

Aah! The joy of seeing a 2020 butterfly! I think that's the first of the year on here if I'm not mistaken.