Saturday 12 July 2014

Painted Lady



Cloudy with a few sunny spells, 27º, muggy, light W.

A warm and humid day with many butterflies on the wing including our first Painted Lady of the year.

A walk around Lollingdon hill produced the usual bird species and a few Swift feeding overhead being of note.

Plenty of butterflies however with Small Tortoiseshell, Ringlet and Meadow Brown the most abundant, several Gatekeeper, Small Skipper and Small White, 2 Large White, 2 Marbled White, 1 Large Skipper, 2 Comma, 2 Red Admiral, 1 Peacock and finally 3 Painted Lady.

Also a couple of Azure Damselflies noted.

 Painted Lady
 Marbled White
 Painted Lady
 Meadow Brown (Loren)
 Gatekeeper (Loren)
 Green Shield Bug ? (Loren)
                                              Blood Vein Moth (Loren)

1 comment:

  1. Heres a link to some butterflies we have had in our garden this year http://www.undertheflowerpot.uk/wildlife-gardening/12-butterfly-gardens

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