Today we did the big butterfly count in our back garden.
https://www.bigbutterflycount.org
We spent 15 minutes watching and counting the butterflies.
We counted 9 Peacock butterflies, I Brimstone, 3 Small Tortoiseshell and 1 Comma.
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| Comma |
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| Small Tortoiseshell |
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| Brimstone |
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| Peacock |
Later on we went for a walk around the field and woods next to my house and we saw lots of different types of butterfly
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| Large White |
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| Meadow brown ?? |
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| Large White |
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| Gatekeeper |
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| Gatekeeper |
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| Peacock |
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| Speckled wood |
This was one of the best places, here we saw lots of white butterflies and Brimstones out in the open.
Along the hedgerow there were Peacocks, Meadow Browns, Gatekeepers and Small skippers.
Hi Alex,
ReplyDeleteGood work! Yes, I can confirm your Meadow Brown (the one with question marks). They do get a bit faded and tatty after a while... I'm very jealous about the number of Peacocks you saw: we did the first of our Big Butterfly Counts today, and only saw one Peacock. We did see Brimstone, Gatekeeper and Comma as well, like you, and we got some you didn't see today: Green-veined White, Small White, Red Admiral and Holly Blue. I hope you'll do another count in a week or so, and let us know what you see!
Hi Tony
ReplyDeleteWe will probably do another in the garden, then one out in the field.