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January 2018
Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 10:00 pm
by David M
May I extend fulsome New Year wishes to all UKB members (albeit 2 hours before Big Ben sounds its chimes) and one hopes that 2018 brings many delightful moments for everybody.
Meantime, good luck hunting in this most austere of months. Hopefully, in 6 weeks time we'll all be getting some early action.
Re: January 2018
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 3:38 pm
by Vince Massimo
No butterflies about at the moment, and none likely any time soon, but there are early stages to find and observe. Today, the nettle plants that I have been monitoring in the shelter of a south-facing cemetery wall in Crawley produced a Red Admiral larva emerging from its egg.
![IMG_6495-01.jpg (342.63 KiB) Viewed 1551 times Red Admiral larva preparing to emerge - Crawley, Sussex 7-Jan-2018](./files/thumb_3678_b03adac85125b8142fbc543588fd6950)
- Red Admiral larva preparing to emerge - Crawley, Sussex 7-Jan-2018
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- Red Admiral larva emerging - Crawley, Sussex 7-Jan-2018
![IMG_6559-01.jpg (416.65 KiB) Viewed 1551 times Red Admiral larva (newly emerged) - Crawley, Sussex 7-Jan-2018](./files/thumb_3678_608d5797ee0c39b644724a8d4fef1e6b)
- Red Admiral larva (newly emerged) - Crawley, Sussex 7-Jan-2018
There are also still scores of unhatched eggs.
The temperature today was 6C in sunny conditions, but with a cold wind.
Vince
A more detailed report is here:
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=9581&p=127279#p127279
Re: January 2018
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 4:15 pm
by adrian riley
Hear, hear!
Adrian Riley and all at Bugalert.
Re: January 2018
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2018 2:20 pm
by andy brown
Red admiral on the wing yesterday at Romsey seen whilst looking for the Hawfinches.
January Red Ad.
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 4:38 pm
by Allan.W.
Red Admiral reported yesterday (16th) at Dungeness Bird Observatory ! Regards Allan.W.
Re: January 2018
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2018 6:11 pm
by Vince Massimo
Whilst monitoring Red Admiral eggs in Crawley today, a Red Admiral flew across my path at 12.20 but did not stop. At the time it was slightly cloudy and the temperature was 9C. I then completed my egg count and managed to find 20 unhatched eggs.
![IMG_6728M-B1-01G.jpg (368.62 KiB) Viewed 1338 times Red Admiral egg - Crawley, Sussex 25-Jan-2018](./files/thumb_3678_4024d7fe7fcec6eedfd618d8e02f3615)
- Red Admiral egg - Crawley, Sussex 25-Jan-2018
Vince
Re: January 2018
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2018 9:02 pm
by David M
Encouraging stuff given the time of year! It's been mild lately, and today I saw my first snowdrops and I'm sure within a week we'll have our first daffodils flowering. It was 11c today and in the sunshine it felt more like early March. I hope we can avoid extremes in the next few weeks as I fear spring is already about to burst forth, unseasonably early yet again.
Red Admiral sighting
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 8:26 pm
by hamadryad61
My son spotted his first butterfly of the year,sunning itself on the school wall.An overwintering Red Admiral,in Edgware London no less
Re: January 2018
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2018 8:29 pm
by Nickkor
![P1000017.JPG (2.25 MiB) Viewed 1264 times Red Admiral](./files/thumb_9425_09e93890e1582e355b40d912d43f014c)
- Red Admiral
Red Admiral in Winter Gardens at Anglesey Abbey, Cambs today
Nick
Re: January 2018
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2018 11:28 pm
by David M
Great effort, Nick! A butterfly in January is a precious thing indeed!
We'd rather things developed a little more slowly, but given that spring is imminent, one hopes that there will be no late winter extremes to do damage to this early awakening.
Re: January 2018
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 4:22 pm
by Vince Massimo
A visit to the winter flowerbeds in Tilgate Park, Crawley today produced 3 different Red Admirals at 1pm.
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- Red Admiral - Crawley, Sussex 30-Jan-2018
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- Red Admiral - Crawley, Sussex 30-Jan-2018
The sun had been shining all morning after a slight overnight frost and the temperature reached 9C (with a slight southerly wind) before the cloud rolled in. This is the same location where they were seen last winter.
Vince