High Brown Fritillary - Where's better: Heddon or Alun Valley? (1 Viewer)

[Steve Arlow]

Looking to try and connect with the last fritillary I need for the UK, High Brown Frit, this coming weekend and trying to work out which is the better site to visit. Both seem to have a reasonable population but whilst I can see information on Heddon Valley, difficult steep bracken embankments/slopes, I'm struggling to find info about where they are at Alun Valley and if its similar to Heddon.

Advice on either location my appreciated

 

[Andy Adcock]

Looking to try and connect with the last fritillary I need for the UK, High Brown Frit, this coming weekend and trying to work out which is the better site to visit. Both seem to have a reasonable population but whilst I can see information on Heddon Valley, difficult steep bracken embankments/slopes, I'm struggling to find info about where they are at Alun Valley and if its similar to Heddon.

Advice on either location my appreciated

On a habitat note Steve,
I get them in shitty, weedy stuff at the side of a sandy track in Russia.

 

[Farnboro John]

I'd say Aish Tor, if it ever stops raining. Along the woodland edge at the bottom of the slope and don't bother chasing them, wait till about 1600 when they settle to feed.

John

 

[Steve Arlow]

Many thanks, Will look at Aish Tor as an option

 

[Owene]

I've only seen them at alun valley but they were plentiful and I've seen on twitter really good photos from the last few weeks, let me know if you want some access information. there's a brief ( veryeasy) slope to climb and then it's all flat with clear paths

 

[RobinD]

I'd say Aish Tor, if it ever stops raining. Along the woodland edge at the bottom of the slope and don't bother chasing them, wait till about 1600 when they settle to feed.

John

Hi John,

I heading to Exeter to collect my son from Uni next week and am hoping to look for HBF too.

I'm looking at maps of Aish Tor, trying to work out which area you mean. As far as I can see, there are 2 car parks, Newbridge by the river and Newbridge Hill much higher up. The woodland seems to be along the river to the south and west of the Tor.

Any further direction would be much appreciated!

Thanks and regards!

 

[Farnboro John]

Hi John,

I heading to Exeter to collect my son from Uni next week and am hoping to look for HBF too.

I'm looking at maps of Aish Tor, trying to work out which area you mean. As far as I can see, there are 2 car parks, Newbridge by the river and Newbridge Hill much higher up. The woodland seems to be along the river to the south and west of the Tor.

Any further direction would be much appreciated!

Thanks and regards!

Far as I remember we parked higher up and wombled over the moorland above the edge of the woodland chasing very fast fritillaries - until a local told us to (a) wait till 1600 and (b) try along the woodland edge. I remember walking out afterwards along a vehicle track (we had a Stoat running along it) so the woodland may have been the isolated L-shaped patch higher up the hill from the riparian woods.

Hope that helps!

Cheers

John