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<blockquote data-quote="Jos Stratford" data-source="post: 3431752" data-attributes="member: 12449"><p><strong><u>18 July. Edging Closer to the 100!</u></strong></p><p></p><p>Year list on 96 at the start of the day, three potential species left in Lithuania with reasonable odds of adding to the list - <strong>Reverdin's Blue</strong>, <strong>Large Grizzled Skipper</strong> and<strong> Silver-spotted Skipper</strong>. Over the last decade, I have seen the first of these in seven years out of ten, while both the latter in only four out of ten. Thus, my list of 'guaranteed' species was now exhausted and even in the event of seeing all three of these, I still need one more to reach the big 100, this almost certainly being something I have never seen in Lithuania before.</p><p></p><p>So to today, time to target <strong>Silver-spotted Skipper</strong>:</p><p></p><p>Locality one, a site where I saw one last year, two hours walking under mostly cloudy skies ...<strong>Spotted Fritillary, Dusky Meadow Brown, Grayling, Rock Grayling</strong>, no <strong>Silver-spotted Skipper</strong>.</p><p></p><p>Locality two, an area of meadow where I have seen them several times. Sunny, many butterflies flying, <strong>Pale Clouded Yellow</strong> and <strong>Queen of Spain Fritillary</strong> included. Two seconds out of the car, one<strong> Silver-spotted Skipper</strong> sitting on a flower top!!! Spent an hour here, saw a total of six <strong>Silver-spotted Skippers</strong>, the first time I have ever found more than a single individual in any one given day. Several <strong>Small Coppers</strong> also here, plus other odds and ends. Had a look for <strong>Large Grizzled Skipper </strong>nearby, no joy this day.</p><p></p><p> </p><p>BALTIC YEAR LIST</p><p></p><p> 97. Silver-spotted Skipper</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jos Stratford, post: 3431752, member: 12449"] [B][U]18 July. Edging Closer to the 100![/U][/B] Year list on 96 at the start of the day, three potential species left in Lithuania with reasonable odds of adding to the list - [B]Reverdin's Blue[/B], [B]Large Grizzled Skipper[/B] and[B] Silver-spotted Skipper[/B]. Over the last decade, I have seen the first of these in seven years out of ten, while both the latter in only four out of ten. Thus, my list of 'guaranteed' species was now exhausted and even in the event of seeing all three of these, I still need one more to reach the big 100, this almost certainly being something I have never seen in Lithuania before. So to today, time to target [B]Silver-spotted Skipper[/B]: Locality one, a site where I saw one last year, two hours walking under mostly cloudy skies ...[B]Spotted Fritillary, Dusky Meadow Brown, Grayling, Rock Grayling[/B], no [B]Silver-spotted Skipper[/B]. Locality two, an area of meadow where I have seen them several times. Sunny, many butterflies flying, [B]Pale Clouded Yellow[/B] and [B]Queen of Spain Fritillary[/B] included. Two seconds out of the car, one[B] Silver-spotted Skipper[/B] sitting on a flower top!!! Spent an hour here, saw a total of six [B]Silver-spotted Skippers[/B], the first time I have ever found more than a single individual in any one given day. Several [B]Small Coppers[/B] also here, plus other odds and ends. Had a look for [B]Large Grizzled Skipper [/B]nearby, no joy this day. BALTIC YEAR LIST 97. Silver-spotted Skipper [/QUOTE]
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