Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly Postcard Survey

[earthdragon64]

Butterfly Conservation Scotland are running a postcard survey for the Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly. This butterfly has shown a sharp decline in recent years in the south of Scotland, as well as in England and Wales. The postcard survey aims to find out how widespread the Butterfly is throughout Scotland at the moment.

The postcards will be available at local Libraries, Tourist Information Centres, Nature Reserves etc, and have a picture of a Small Tortoiseshell on the front, as well as information about its lifecycle on the back.

The survey is aimed at everyone, visitors to Scotland and residents, and you can take part either by filling in the postcard with details of your sighting(s) and sending it to the address printed on it, or by entering your sightings online on the Butterfly Conservation website.

Thanks.

[Pete84]

i've just seen this Why is the Small Tortoiseshell D

i hope it's of interest.

[earthdragon64]

Thanks for that link, it's very interesting.

[ron1863]

Nice one earthdragon. I will enter any findings in the Butterfly Conservation website. Mind you I only saw a few last year.

[Kayleigh]

I will have a lookout for them when I go to Scotland in July but my id skills are useless.

[Highland Damsel]

I was ordering the small tort cards yeaterday! The first butterfly i saw this year was a smal tort on daffadills on the 19th March, seen a few since then too. May is nearly here - lots of things to see...........

[earthdragon64]

Originally Posted by Highland Damsel

I was ordering the small tort cards yeaterday! The first butterfly i saw this year was a smal tort on daffadills on the 19th March, seen a few since then too. May is nearly here - lots of things to see...........

I got a load of the cards at the Recorders day at Battleby, I'll take them to the library and tourist office and anywhere else I can think of. I've actually seen more Small Torts so far this year than I did at the same time last year, including one that had over-wintered in the garage.

I'm hopefully going to get round some of the local ponds soon for the Dragons and Damsels, if the sunny weather keeps up, there might be some on the wing next week.

[Highland Damsel]

I'm hopefully going to get round some of the local ponds soon for the Dragons and Damsels, if the sunny weather keeps up, there might be some on the wing next week.[/quote]

Hope so, i think they might be out early this year, last year it wasn't until nearly mid May