Good year for Ringlets?

[Wild-Woman]

Well it seems to be here anyway. I've come across many more than I normally would. Has anyone else?

[Tormentil]

I was at Messingham NR (Lincolnshire) last Wednesday and you couldn't move for 'em. Never seen so many.

[nutmeg]

There are certainly plenty around at the moment, which is great to see

[Adam Cheeseman]

Please can you send some my way then please. Not seen one yet.

Cheers,

Adam

[Naturenutz]

Many here too,they look great when they are fresh,very dark,almost black ,many gatekeepers yesterday aswell.

[aeshna5]

I hadn't seen any until yesterday when they were possibly the commonest butterfly at Bookham Common, with Meadow Brown the only serious competitor in terms of numbers.

[earthdragon64]

I've not seen any so far this year, but they are still establishing themselves up here.

I'm going for a walk around the RSPB Insh Marshes reserve nature trail today, so may see some there. I should see Northern Brown Argus there and a few others as long as the sun stays out.

[Pete Collins]

Lots of them in this part of the Chilterns, more than I ever remember seeing before. They were easily the most numerous butterfly I saw at Ivinghoe Beacon on Wednesday, and Meadow Browns only just outnumbered them on my walk from Pitstone Hill to Wigginton and back on Monday. In particular, there were loads of Ringlets along a path through some beautiful meadows at Wigginton.

[Wild-Woman]

Thanks for your replies. It's interesting seeing how patchy these sightings are. Does anyone know if the Ringlets have been boosted by a migration? I don't know if they do migrate but I know that our numbers of Whites have seen an increase by migration lately. Certainly an interesting year as regards to butterflies so far.

[Jean Farmer]

I have never seen so many as there are this year. Last week I was recording 50 ringlets and 50 meadow browns on my patch. Today there must be over 200 ringlets. Its like trying to count falling leaves. there are whole clouds of them.
Jean