O.Reville1989
I started off with nothing and I've still got some
Just come back from the camp and certainly far fewer than I was expecting! Will upload pics promptly! Also a couple of other species I could do with some help with!
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Norfolk Butterflies and Moths (2 Viewers)
- Thread starter Birding Bob
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Just come back from the camp and certainly far fewer than I was expecting! Will upload pics promptly! Also a couple of other species I could do with some help with!
O.Reville1989
I started off with nothing and I've still got some
O.Reville1989
I started off with nothing and I've still got some
HarassedDad
Norfolk County Butterfly Recorder
If there are any chalk meadows about, they would indeed be colonised. The problem is that the chalk is a long way down, and so the only suitable habitat is where people have dug it up to the surface. Might be worth looking at any railway embankments nearby, or road banks.
firstreesjohn
Well-known member
Rare butterfly at Friary Hills NT
A Small Tortoiseshell today (!). Despite having done half a dozen surveys in the last week or so, this is the first I’ve seen recently.
View this: http://www.bigbutterflycount.org/results to see results from the Big Butterfly Count.
A Small Tortoiseshell today (!). Despite having done half a dozen surveys in the last week or so, this is the first I’ve seen recently.
View this: http://www.bigbutterflycount.org/results to see results from the Big Butterfly Count.
Yet another SW Fritillary at Swanton Novers this summer. That makes 7 confirmed records and 3 probables ( fritillary sp in flight ). The first was a month ago and most records are of singles , but 2 together have been seen once ( photos sent to Butterfly conservation). BC has a field trip to the reserve this weekend and we will look at the area where the latest two sightings have been made. So there is an outside chance of a view weather permitting. The latest sighting this morning was in pristine condition suggesting a freshly emerged specimen , but it must be getting towards the end of the flight period.
I have been told they have also been seen in Foxley Wood NWT reserve a few miles down the road.
I have been told they have also been seen in Foxley Wood NWT reserve a few miles down the road.
Happisbirder
Always looking, seldom finding...
Hairstreak help!
Just been reading online that White-letter Hairstreaks never settle with their wings open; is this strictly true? I've been watching some as yet unidentified Hairstreaks near Witton as they 'dance' around the top of an Ash (Elms nearby) and when they land they appear to be sunning with open wings. They are a bit too distant to identify with bins but don't look 'silvery' in flight like Purple Hairstreak does; they're a browner looking butterfly. I'll have to return with the 'scope for conclusive views...
James
Just been reading online that White-letter Hairstreaks never settle with their wings open; is this strictly true? I've been watching some as yet unidentified Hairstreaks near Witton as they 'dance' around the top of an Ash (Elms nearby) and when they land they appear to be sunning with open wings. They are a bit too distant to identify with bins but don't look 'silvery' in flight like Purple Hairstreak does; they're a browner looking butterfly. I'll have to return with the 'scope for conclusive views...
James
Mister Magoo
Active member
Hairstreaks
James,
I think you will find that they are purple hairstreaks. As it is late in the season colours are dulling so the predominant colour that you will be seeing is the brown of the upper wing surfaces. If I have done it right I have attached a picture we took at Sheringham Park last weekend that is a typical basking pose.
James,
I think you will find that they are purple hairstreaks. As it is late in the season colours are dulling so the predominant colour that you will be seeing is the brown of the upper wing surfaces. If I have done it right I have attached a picture we took at Sheringham Park last weekend that is a typical basking pose.
Mister Magoo
Active member
Hairstreaks again
Second try at the photo, too bid a file first time. Hope it works.
Second try at the photo, too bid a file first time. Hope it works.
Attachments
James Emerson
Norwich Birder
Had a couple of fresh Small Tortoiseshells at Whitlingham (TG20T) yesterday, the first I've seen for a while.
Stratton Birder
Well-known member
Graylings at Winterton 14/08/11
Counted 230 Graylings at Winterton North Dunes but only covered a thin strip of the dunes so assuming there's roughly the same amount all over and then multiplying it up means there must be somewhere between 1000-1500 at the moment, and that dont include the south valley!! Also 33 Small Coppers, 10 Gatekeepers, just 8 Small Heath, 2 Red Admirals, 2 Speckled Woods.
Counted 230 Graylings at Winterton North Dunes but only covered a thin strip of the dunes so assuming there's roughly the same amount all over and then multiplying it up means there must be somewhere between 1000-1500 at the moment, and that dont include the south valley!! Also 33 Small Coppers, 10 Gatekeepers, just 8 Small Heath, 2 Red Admirals, 2 Speckled Woods.
NoSpringChicken
Well-known member
Dune walking
Nice little haul there Dave.
Dunes and track at Horsey today produced the following:
2 Dark-green Fritillaries
1 Small Copper
1 Small Heath
1/2 Wall Brown
2 Holly Blue
1 Small Tort
10+ Small Whites
2 Gatekeeper
2 Meadow Brown
Cheers,
Jim.
Nice little haul there Dave.
Dunes and track at Horsey today produced the following:
2 Dark-green Fritillaries
1 Small Copper
1 Small Heath
1/2 Wall Brown
2 Holly Blue
1 Small Tort
10+ Small Whites
2 Gatekeeper
2 Meadow Brown
Cheers,
Jim.
Daveb21
Daveb
Yes, should have counted numbers really, but had me boots on - Brown Argus always nice to see though and I can manage 2
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