Yesterday morning I arrived at Southwater Woods hoping for some good sightings. I saw 2 Silver-washed Fritillaries, including a very torn specimen resting on bracken near a Large Skipper. There were intermittent showers and only Meadow Browns and Ringlets fluttered around. I then visited Rewell Wood where I had found the male Silver-washed Fritillary last time. It was there again in the same place near the Turkey Oak. It was hunkered down in a shrub and as soon as it saw me it climbed up the stem and flew off. A Red Admiral nectared on buddleia nearby. Mullein moth caterpillars were grazing on mullein leaves which also harboured a Hairy Shieldbug. I then found several Marbled Whites in the meadow and one landed on a tall Marsh Thistle. Meadow Browns and Ringlets also fluttered about.
Southwater Woods:
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| Large Skipper, Ochlodes faunus |
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| Meadow Brown, Maniola jurtina |
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| Meadow Brown, Maniola jurtina |
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| Silver-washed Fritillary, Argynnis paphia |
Rewell Wood:
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| Buddleia, Buddleia davidii |
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| Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta |
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| Hairy Shieldbug, Dolycoris baccarum |
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| Hedge Woundwort, Stachys sylvatica |
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| Hemp Agrimony, Eupatorium cannabinum |
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| Marbled White, Melanargia galathea |
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| Marbled White, Melanargia galathea |
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| Mullein moth larva, Shargacucullia verbasci |
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| Mullein moth larva, Shargacucullia verbasci |
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| Ringlet, Aphantopus hyperantus |
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| tree leaf - id needed please |
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| Turkey oak, Quercus cerris |
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| Turkey oak, Quercus cerris |
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