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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jos Stratford" data-source="post: 3413243" data-attributes="member: 12449">6 June. Good Stuff in Lithuania, Part Two.The forecast for the coming weekend was decidedly bad, so with warm sun still remaining I sneaked a few hours out from work and headed to a river valley near Dūkštos to explore meadows that have proved excellent in past years. And excellent they once again proved – no less than sixteen species in just a couple of hours, some of the rewards including my first Mazarine and Amanda's Blues of the year, my first Pearly Heaths of the year, my first Purple-edged Copper and, highlight of the day, four species of fritillary, including significantly at least four Knapweed Fritillaries (a species I have only ever encountered on a couple of occasions in Lithuania) and, better still, one splendid Nickerl's Fritillary. This latter is not only a very localised species in the country, but it is also a completely new species for me!So it was, a good couple of hours in the field, including six new butterfly species for the year count. BALTIC YEAR LIST    42. Purple-edged Copper    43. Mazarine Blue    44. Amanda's Blue    45. Knapweed Fritillary    46. Nickerl's Fritillary    47. Pearly Heath</blockquote>