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Aberdeen?

Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2023 2:53 pm
by Jack Harrison
The latest BC Magazine "Butterfly" says on Page 13:
It's [Wall Brown] steadily advancing north along Scotland's coasts, reaching Aberdeen on the east coast and Ayr on the west.
Surely not?

Jack

Re: Aberdeen?

Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2023 7:58 am
by David M
I can believe it, Jack. Other species are creeping northwards too.

Sadly, Wall Browns are becoming scarcer down here in south Wales. This 'development trap' may well be to blame.

Re: Aberdeen?

Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2023 3:56 pm
by Jack Harrison
I moved to my present house in NE Scotland in 2015.  I knew that Comma was on its way, but would I live long enough to see them in this area? 
It arrived in 2019, and I saw my first the following year.  Comma was egg lying in my garden last month.

So my challenge - and incentive - now (at the age of 84) is to live long enough to see Wall Browns up here.

Jack