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<blockquote data-quote="Jos Stratford" data-source="post: 3601744" data-attributes="member: 12449"><p><strong><u>1-7 August.</u></strong></p><p></p><p>As finally Lithuania experienced something akin to proper summer weather, I spent a few days trying to find the localised <strong>Arran Brown </strong>- probably too late in the season and probably not at good localities, needless to say I didn't find any! I did however find four <strong>Large Wall Browns</strong>, individuals right at the end of their flight season. Biggest surprise though was a completely out-of-habitat<strong> Purple Hairstreak </strong>sunning on vegetation in a clearing in an otherwise pine-dominated landscape. My 104th species of the year in Lithuania, equalling my highest ever annual total in the country! I then found another two the following day in the far more usual habitat of oak forest, typically as ever flitting high in the canopy and not exactly photogenic. One two <strong>White-letter Hairstreak</strong> at this latter locality too.</p><p></p><p>Also optimistically spent a day scouting an area for <strong>Mallow Skipper</strong> - a species only ever recorded in Lithuania one time only if I understand correctly, back in 2009. Walked a considerable section of river valley in the general area and certainly found some splendid habitat - no <strong>Mallow Skipper</strong>, but amongst the good selection, I did add eight <strong>Swallowtails</strong>, seven <strong>Wall Browns</strong> and a number of <strong>Brown Argus</strong>, with <strong>Queen of Spain Fritillary</strong> and <strong>Weaver's Fritillary</strong> also seen, and of quite some note, a single<strong> Marbled White </strong>- this being my most northerly individual to date, a distance of about 70 km from the main colonisation zone.</p><p></p><p>Elsewhere, amongst quite a few species now declining in number, a number of species also on the increase, <strong>Pale Clouded Yellows</strong> and<strong> Short-tailed Blues</strong> included. Also a good scatter of<strong> Large Grizzled Skippers</strong> and another bunch of <strong>Brown Argus</strong> in the Neris Valley.</p><p></p><p><strong>BALTIC YEAR LIST</strong></p><p><strong>104. Purple Hairstreak</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jos Stratford, post: 3601744, member: 12449"] [B][U]1-7 August.[/U][/B] As finally Lithuania experienced something akin to proper summer weather, I spent a few days trying to find the localised [B]Arran Brown [/B]- probably too late in the season and probably not at good localities, needless to say I didn't find any! I did however find four [B]Large Wall Browns[/B], individuals right at the end of their flight season. Biggest surprise though was a completely out-of-habitat[B] Purple Hairstreak [/B]sunning on vegetation in a clearing in an otherwise pine-dominated landscape. My 104th species of the year in Lithuania, equalling my highest ever annual total in the country! I then found another two the following day in the far more usual habitat of oak forest, typically as ever flitting high in the canopy and not exactly photogenic. One two [B]White-letter Hairstreak[/B] at this latter locality too. Also optimistically spent a day scouting an area for [B]Mallow Skipper[/B] - a species only ever recorded in Lithuania one time only if I understand correctly, back in 2009. Walked a considerable section of river valley in the general area and certainly found some splendid habitat - no [B]Mallow Skipper[/B], but amongst the good selection, I did add eight [B]Swallowtails[/B], seven [B]Wall Browns[/B] and a number of [B]Brown Argus[/B], with [B]Queen of Spain Fritillary[/B] and [B]Weaver's Fritillary[/B] also seen, and of quite some note, a single[B] Marbled White [/B]- this being my most northerly individual to date, a distance of about 70 km from the main colonisation zone. Elsewhere, amongst quite a few species now declining in number, a number of species also on the increase, [B]Pale Clouded Yellows[/B] and[B] Short-tailed Blues[/B] included. Also a good scatter of[B] Large Grizzled Skippers[/B] and another bunch of [B]Brown Argus[/B] in the Neris Valley. [B]BALTIC YEAR LIST 104. Purple Hairstreak[/B] [/QUOTE]
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