Brown Hairstreak in Ambridge

[Rogerdodge]

Whilst Linda Snell was tending the Memorial Garden in Ambridge, she spotted a small butterfly on some bramble. She told Robert she was sure it was a Brown Hairstreak. The next day she was proudly telling all and sundry of her rare discovery. She had carried out research and discovered all about the males congregating on master (usually ash) trees and the females more likely coming down to nectar and egg lay.
I like to think her research involved the internet, and a visit to UK Butterflies.
After all - Robert was an IT consultant until he was made redundant.
Pete - can you look at the history and see if linda.snell@ambridge.com has registered?
Cheers
(I am now off to get a life...............................)

[NickB]

...and she even got Adam not to flay the nearby hedgerows this year to save the eggs.....
(...I used to have a life... )
N

[Neil Hulme]

Our Susie would have saved them anyway
Neil

[Susie]

Wouldn't have been able to without your help, Kipper.

[Zonda]

Well, unlike the wife, i'm not a big Archers fan, but Brown HSs laying on hedgerow thorn are always in danger. Not all farmers are butterfly enthusiasts. In the area of Dorset where i live, several years ago, a young inexperienced council worker mowed off a length of verge that had loads of flowering orchids on it. There was uproar, because it was also blue posted. They did appear the year after, but they were diminished in number. It happens.