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<blockquote data-quote="Jos Stratford" data-source="post: 3571442" data-attributes="member: 12449"><p><strong><u>22 May.</u></strong></p><p></p><p>Back to Kaunas region for the second time in a week – still high hopes for <strong>Clouded Apollo</strong> or <strong>Chequered Skipper</strong>. Cloudy all morning, not a help at all, but it did begin to clear around midday. And I didn't have to wait long for the result – didn't find any <strong>Chequered Skippers</strong>, but as the clouds parted, one of the first butterflies that I found was a smart <strong>Northern Chequered Skipper</strong> soaking up the first hints of the sun!</p><p></p><p>As the sun grew in strength, this butterfly became more and more active, eventually disappearing into grassy glades just yonder, plenty of other species becoming active at the same time, <strong>Speckled Wood</strong> and a presumed <strong>Yellow-legged Tortoiseshell</strong> amongst them.</p><p></p><p>As time was limited, I moved onto my next destination, grassy slopes that might produce a <strong>Clouded Apollo</strong>. Alas they didn't, but under a warm sun now beating down, I did add my 21st <strong>Swallowtail</strong> of the season, a dozen more <strong>Grizzled Skippers</strong>, several <strong>Sooty Coppers </strong>and my first<strong> Common Blues</strong> of the year, three in all.</p><p></p><p>Not bad at all for a few hours in the field, not only the <strong>Northern Chequered Skipper</strong>, but with the 12 additional <strong>Grizzled Skippers</strong>, my year tally for these now stood at almost 90, already my best ever year for them. Unfortunately I needed to get back for work, so that ended that.</p><p></p><p> </p><p>BALTIC YEAR LIST (19-21 May)</p><p></p><p> 31. Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary</p><p> 32. Violet Copper</p><p> 33. Common Blue</p><p> 34. Northern Chequered Skipper</p><p></p><p>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jos Stratford, post: 3571442, member: 12449"] [B][U]22 May.[/U][/B] Back to Kaunas region for the second time in a week – still high hopes for [B]Clouded Apollo[/B] or [B]Chequered Skipper[/B]. Cloudy all morning, not a help at all, but it did begin to clear around midday. And I didn't have to wait long for the result – didn't find any [B]Chequered Skippers[/B], but as the clouds parted, one of the first butterflies that I found was a smart [B]Northern Chequered Skipper[/B] soaking up the first hints of the sun! As the sun grew in strength, this butterfly became more and more active, eventually disappearing into grassy glades just yonder, plenty of other species becoming active at the same time, [B]Speckled Wood[/B] and a presumed [B]Yellow-legged Tortoiseshell[/B] amongst them. As time was limited, I moved onto my next destination, grassy slopes that might produce a [B]Clouded Apollo[/B]. Alas they didn't, but under a warm sun now beating down, I did add my 21st [B]Swallowtail[/B] of the season, a dozen more [B]Grizzled Skippers[/B], several [B]Sooty Coppers [/B]and my first[B] Common Blues[/B] of the year, three in all. Not bad at all for a few hours in the field, not only the [B]Northern Chequered Skipper[/B], but with the 12 additional [B]Grizzled Skippers[/B], my year tally for these now stood at almost 90, already my best ever year for them. Unfortunately I needed to get back for work, so that ended that. BALTIC YEAR LIST (19-21 May) 31. Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 32. Violet Copper 33. Common Blue 34. Northern Chequered Skipper . [/QUOTE]
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