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Astounding news of the discovery of a large Black Hairstreak colony on Ditchling Common, Sussex. This appears to be an introduced but naturalised population and research is going on to try to establish further details. The full story was reported on the Sussex BC branch website https://www.sussex-butterflies.org.uk/news/#76 with credit to David Cook for making the initial sightings.
Vince

A Scarce Tortoiseshell photographed at Stoke Goldington, Buckinghamshire on 16th June by Judith Barnard. Reported on twitter https://twitter.com/BarnardJudith/statu ... pdates.php

Vince

Vince Massimo wrote:A Scarce Tortoiseshell photographed at Stoke Goldington, Buckinghamshire on 16th June by Judith Barnard. Reported on twitter https://twitter.com/BarnardJudith/statu ... pdates.php

Vince

Great sighting! Let's hope this might be a repeat of the 2014 influx of this species.

There have been a couple of sightings on the Dutch coast this month, and it may also be of interest that a mass emergence has been observed in the Kiev area, Ukraine.

M.

A Camberwell Beauty was photographed near Whiteways (Bury Hill), Sussex by Mark Aldridge on 23rd June.
Reported on Twitter https://twitter.com/BCSussex/status/101 ... pdates.php

Vince

A mating pair of Purple Emperors was photographed on the ground at Fermyn Wood, Northamptonshire by Neil Hulme on 28th June. Reported in UKB personal diary viewtopic.php?f=29&t=4065&start=3120#p133129
Vince