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Meadow Fritillary sighting
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2014 4:51 pm
by Pete Eeles
Not sure what to make of this:
http://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/loca ... -1-6226246
There's a photo on this page:
http://www.theparkstrust.com/about-us/m ... ugust-2014
My gut instinct is that this is either a release, or an accidental "import", especially given its good condition - and inland too!
Cheers,
- Pete
Re: Meadow Fritillary sighting
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2014 6:19 pm
by David M
It surely can't have arrived here under its own steam!
Re: Meadow Fritillary sighting
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2014 7:20 pm
by lee3764
I agree with Pete. Not too difficult to obtain livestock of this I've been told & as it is fresh & non migratory it must be a release!
Re: Meadow Fritillary sighting
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2014 7:31 pm
by Jack Harrison
Hasn't there been a non-native introduced colony in south Bucks for some years? (Can't remember the name of the wood). Maybe they are spreading and becoming self-sustaining.
Jack
Re: Meadow Fritillary sighting
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2014 7:32 pm
by Pete Eeles
Hi Jack - I think you're remembering Marbled Fritillary at Finemere Wood.
Cheers,
- Pete
Re: Meadow Fritillary sighting
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2014 9:04 pm
by jhanlon
Are those marbled fritillaries still around? I was at Finemere a few weeks back but at night (catching bats)
James
Re: Meadow Fritillary sighting
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2014 9:07 pm
by Neil Hulme
Now that's what I call dodgy! I reckon this has about as much chance of being a genuine vagrant as I have of becoming Pope!
BWs, Neil
Re: Meadow Fritillary sighting
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2014 9:19 pm
by MrSp0ck
jhanlon wrote:Are those marbled fritillaries still around? I was at Finemere a few weeks back but at night (catching bats)
James
I don't think any have been since 2010. They were there a few years until then. I didn't know about them until after that.
Re: Meadow Fritillary sighting
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2014 9:42 pm
by David M
MrSp0ck wrote:jhanlon wrote:Are those marbled fritillaries still around? I was at Finemere a few weeks back but at night (catching bats)
James
I don't think any have been since 2010. They were there a few years until then. I didn't know about them until after that.
Nope. I went there two years ago in perfect conditions and didn't see any.