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<blockquote data-quote="Jos Stratford" data-source="post: 3591813" data-attributes="member: 12449"><p><strong><u>10 July. Day Off.</u></strong></p><p></p><p>Hot and sunny, considered nipping over to western Lithuania before late work commitments - but the thought of a three-hour journey each way for a relatively short time in the field quite rightly dissuaded me, so instead I took a short stroll across sandy heathland and adjacent meadows near the capital ...not too bad, my first <strong>Yellow-legged Tortoiseshell </strong>since the early spring, plus a small assortment of localised heathland species - two<strong> Niobe Fritillaries</strong>, two <strong>Glanville Fritillaries</strong>, about ten <strong>Spotted Fritillaries</strong>.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong><u>14-16 July. Season in Decline.</u></strong></p><p></p><p>Mighty storms in preceding days, prolonged torrential rain diverting flights at the international airport, streets left under a metre of water in places, buildings flooded. Regrettably it also seemed to have knocked out quite a number of butterflies.</p><p></p><p>Probably enhanced by the prevailing cool weather and rather limited sun, there was a rather gloomy feel of an upcoming autumn hanging in the air. Undoubtedly a little premature – there will still be some excellent butterfly days ahead – but for sure, the peak of the season is over and the reduction in abundance was certainly quite noticeable these days. Along forest rides where I had found hundreds of <strong>Silver-washed Fritillaries</strong> exactly one year earlier, I saw a mere few dozen this weekend, on thistle patches where I had encountered 150<strong> Peacocks</strong> and over a dozen <strong>White-letter Hairstreaks</strong>, I saw none of either. Pretty much the same picture with many other species.</p><p></p><p>That said, increasing numbers of several second-generation species, most notably <strong>Map Butterflies</strong>, and I still managed 39 species overall, including <strong>Blue-spot Hairstreak</strong>, <strong>Geranium Argus</strong>, <strong>Turquoise Blue</strong>, <strong>Idas Blue</strong> and <strong>Tufted Marbled Skipper</strong> (my sixth of the year) near Vilnius and, on a loop around western Lithuania, no less than 30 <strong>Marbled Fritillaries</strong> in woodland meadows. A very localised species, I found most of these at a locality I identified last year, though there were also several at a new site some kilometres away. A very good selection at this site, a couple of <strong>Pallas's Fritillaries</strong> also present, plus at least 40<strong> Dark Green Fritillaries</strong>, 20 <strong>High Brown Fritillaries</strong>, a reasonable number of <strong>Silver-washed Fritillaries</strong> and smaller numbers of<strong> Heath Fritillaries</strong>, <strong>Lesser Marbled Fritillaries</strong> and <strong>Small Pearl-bordered Fritillaries</strong>. Two <strong>Large Coppers</strong> also in the meadow, along with <strong>Scarce</strong>, <strong>Purple-shot</strong> and<strong> Purple-edged Coppers</strong>.</p><p> </p><p>Searched for <strong>Scarce Large Blue</strong> at several sites, failed at all. Likewise for <strong>Northern Brown Argus</strong>. Won't see either this year now.</p><p> <strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>BALTIC YEAR LIST</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong> 94. Bluespot Hairstreak</strong></p><p><strong> 95. Marbled Fritillary</strong></p><p><strong> 96. Pallas's Fritillary</strong></p><p></p><p>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jos Stratford, post: 3591813, member: 12449"] [B][U]10 July. Day Off.[/U][/B] Hot and sunny, considered nipping over to western Lithuania before late work commitments - but the thought of a three-hour journey each way for a relatively short time in the field quite rightly dissuaded me, so instead I took a short stroll across sandy heathland and adjacent meadows near the capital ...not too bad, my first [B]Yellow-legged Tortoiseshell [/B]since the early spring, plus a small assortment of localised heathland species - two[B] Niobe Fritillaries[/B], two [B]Glanville Fritillaries[/B], about ten [B]Spotted Fritillaries[/B]. [B][U]14-16 July. Season in Decline.[/U][/B] Mighty storms in preceding days, prolonged torrential rain diverting flights at the international airport, streets left under a metre of water in places, buildings flooded. Regrettably it also seemed to have knocked out quite a number of butterflies. Probably enhanced by the prevailing cool weather and rather limited sun, there was a rather gloomy feel of an upcoming autumn hanging in the air. Undoubtedly a little premature – there will still be some excellent butterfly days ahead – but for sure, the peak of the season is over and the reduction in abundance was certainly quite noticeable these days. Along forest rides where I had found hundreds of [B]Silver-washed Fritillaries[/B] exactly one year earlier, I saw a mere few dozen this weekend, on thistle patches where I had encountered 150[B] Peacocks[/B] and over a dozen [B]White-letter Hairstreaks[/B], I saw none of either. Pretty much the same picture with many other species. That said, increasing numbers of several second-generation species, most notably [B]Map Butterflies[/B], and I still managed 39 species overall, including [B]Blue-spot Hairstreak[/B], [B]Geranium Argus[/B], [B]Turquoise Blue[/B], [B]Idas Blue[/B] and [B]Tufted Marbled Skipper[/B] (my sixth of the year) near Vilnius and, on a loop around western Lithuania, no less than 30 [B]Marbled Fritillaries[/B] in woodland meadows. A very localised species, I found most of these at a locality I identified last year, though there were also several at a new site some kilometres away. A very good selection at this site, a couple of [B]Pallas's Fritillaries[/B] also present, plus at least 40[B] Dark Green Fritillaries[/B], 20 [B]High Brown Fritillaries[/B], a reasonable number of [B]Silver-washed Fritillaries[/B] and smaller numbers of[B] Heath Fritillaries[/B], [B]Lesser Marbled Fritillaries[/B] and [B]Small Pearl-bordered Fritillaries[/B]. Two [B]Large Coppers[/B] also in the meadow, along with [B]Scarce[/B], [B]Purple-shot[/B] and[B] Purple-edged Coppers[/B]. Searched for [B]Scarce Large Blue[/B] at several sites, failed at all. Likewise for [B]Northern Brown Argus[/B]. Won't see either this year now. [B] BALTIC YEAR LIST 94. Bluespot Hairstreak 95. Marbled Fritillary 96. Pallas's Fritillary[/B] . [/QUOTE]
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