Butterfly Nature Count - Volunteers Needed

[suziet]

Thank you xx

Am I correct with the ones I ID earlier please?

[Naturenutz]

I think they are correct suziet,i agree with wrexthedragon ,the unidentified one looks like an old ringlet.

[david156]

The BBC have mentioned the butterfly week and have added some pictures to their blog.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/uk/

Check out the swallowtail picture
Its mine

[suziet]

Wow David - thats stunning - you certainly have an eye for detail and a superb camera - what a wonderful shot - I am proud of you -

[Miss Caretaker]

I've done my first one (aparrently you can do as many as you like!) and was really pleased with the butterflies I saw. I chose a patch of wild thyme on the outskirts of Basingstoke and I am so glad it wasn't a bee count! I saw a total of 26 butterflies in 15 minutes including:

10 x Common Blue
2 x Holly Blue
1 x 6 Spot Burnet
4 x Meadow Brown
2 x Red Admiral
1 x Peacock
1 x Gatekeeper
3 x Large White

and...

2 x Silver-Washed Fritillaries which I didn't even know we had there (and I walk my dogs there all the time)! I walk a transect for UKBMS about 1/2 mile from there so I'll have to keep a look out for them there too.
I really enjoyed it and will be doing more over the coming week in different places.
Jo

[suziet]

Wow - great finds - I also went out again today

1 x Peacock
2 x Red Admiral
2 - Small Tortoiseshell
1 x Speckled Wood

As well as my list above

I have really enjoyed this and hope there will be more to follow x

[trondi]

Small patch (40m x 50m) of grassy clearing in our so called 'woodland walk' produced this in about 30mins yesterday - so lucky this year as it is usually mown/cleared by this time by the council.

2x Large White
6x Small White
1x Green-veined White **
4x Common Blue **
2x Small Copper
7x Ringlet
3x Meadow Brown
2x Gatekeeper
1x Speckled Wood
2x Peacock
2x Red Admiral
2x Comma
1x Six-spot Burnet
1x Small Skipper
3x Small Heath

**the hardest for me to identify - although I managed to photo nearly all of them - I am using the Independent Magazine's pullout from last year to help with ID ing

Dave

[suziet]

Wow Dave - great finds - I am doing another one at weekend lol x

[SpikyPhasmid]

Went down to a smal local park where I had seen some butterflies last week- and nothing. Not a single one.

[britnik]

Originally Posted by slimrbp

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Also it is good to know that I can buy a Colin the Caterpillar cake from M&S and donate to butterfly conservation

Mmmm Caterpillar cake

I'll have a count this afternoon