Butterflies 2017 (1 Viewer)

string boozel · Aug 11, 2017

Hi, once again I know that there are many days and possibly more species to go this year but I thought that I would get the bulk of the species sorted. It was a good year in general for me with thirty three species being noted. I did manage to get photographs of all of them but the quality was not always Countryfile calendar standard so apologies for that.

As with the dragonflies I'm including the location and date of the first sightings plus any other information that may be of interest.

1/ Peacock. Corby Old Village 9th of March.

2/ Brimstone. Summer Leys 13th of March.

3/ Small Tortoiseshell. Near Corby sewage works 19th of March.

4/ Comma. Near Glapthorn Cow Pasture 2nd of April.

5/ Orange-tip. Near Corby sewage works 8th of April.

string boozel · Aug 11, 2017

A second selection.

6/ Red Admiral. Near Corby sewage works 8th of April.

7/ Small White. Oundle 9th of April.

8/ Holly Blue. Oundle Mill. 9th of April.

9/ Speckled Wood. Priors Hall 23rd of April.

10/ Grizzled Skipper. Priors Hall 23rd of April. A good year for this species with sightings from three sites.

string boozel · Aug 11, 2017

Now for the third...

11/ Green-veined White. Weldon 2nd of May.

12/ Green Hairstreak. Near Corby sewage works 2nd of May.

13/ Dingy Skipper. Southwood, Corby 4th of May. An excellent year with records from five sites. An exceptional (for me) count of 100+ on two occasions at Priors Hall.

14/ Large White. Near Corby sewage works 10th of May.

15/ Small Heath. Jurassic Way near Gretton 11th of May.

string boozel · Aug 11, 2017

The fourth...

16/ Common Blue. Priors Hall 21st of May.

17/ Painted Lady. Oundle 27th of May.

18/ Wood White. Near Sywell 1st of June.

19/ Black Hairstreak. Glapthorn Cow Pasture 4th of June.

20/ Large Skipper. Middleton 10th of June.

string boozel · Aug 11, 2017

And the fifth...

21/ Meadow Brown. Near Rockingham 10th of June.

22/ Ringlet. Oundle 12th of June.

23/ Marbled White. Willowbrook Industrial Estate, Corby 15th of June. A species on the up with individuals spreading throughout the Corby area.

24/ White Admiral. Harry's park Wood 17th of June.

25/ Small Skipper. Willowbrook Industrial Estate 18 of June.

string boozel · Aug 11, 2017

Hang on in there, it's almost over.

26/ Small Copper. Near Harringworth Lodge Lake 18th of June.

27/ Brown Argus. Near Harringworth Lodge Lake 18th of June.

28/ White-letter Hairstreak. Fermyn Wood 19th of June. I cheated here as this photo was taken in Bedford Purlieus.

29/ Silver-washed Fritillary. Fermyn Wood 19th of June. Another species spreading into the Corby area with sightings from a new site at Southwood and more records from Brookfield Plantation.

30/ Purple Emperor. Fermyn Wood 19th of June. Noted at three sites in total.

string boozel · Aug 11, 2017

Well done, you made it!

31/ Purple Hairstreak. Fermyn Wood 19th of June.

32/ Gatekeeper. Willowbrook Industrial Estate 1st of July.

33/ Essex Skipper. Willowbrook Industrial Estate 1st of July.

So that's it for now but there's always a Clouded Yellow or perhaps a Chalkhill Blue to find...

string boozel · Aug 13, 2017

Well I didn't expect to be back on here again so soon but I must have had a hunch as....

34/ Clouded Yellow. One at Priors Hall was sadly not photographed as it flew purposefully past.

string boozel · Aug 14, 2017

A quick post in order to replace the picture of an out of county White-lettered Hairstreak with this one taken today at Barnwell CP. It's a little bit tatty but it is at least a Northants one.

string boozel · Aug 15, 2017

Oh dear, someone with much better I.D skills than me has exposed my stringy ways and revealed my White-letter to be a Purple. Still we got there in the end and it's a better picture than my previous one of Purple!

James.

string boozel · Aug 20, 2017

A return to Priors Hall gave me the opportunity to catch up with Clouded Yellow again. Seven separate sightings though I have no idea how many individuals were involved.

foxyfred · Aug 23, 2017

Hi,great postings. Always happy to see people from the same area enjoying the wildlife.
Thanks John.

string boozel · Aug 23, 2017

Hi John, thanks for the kind words, there's so much wildlife in the area to enjoy that sharing any news is a pleasure.

James.

string boozel · Oct 31, 2017

Well I guess that the season really is all but over with perhaps just a hardy Comma or Red Admiral left to see. I thought that I would finish with my favourite butterfly picture of the year but seeing as that comes from Spain I thought I better put my favourite Northants one in too.

James.

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