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| view from Birling Gap |
On Wednesday I visited Birling Gap following a report of a
Long-tailed Blue there. There was plenty of Everlasting Pea there, but no sign
of the LTB.
On Friday and Saturday I joined others at Beeding Cement
Works and saw a female LTB through the fence on both occasions. Neil found two
females outside the fence then alerted us to the find (story here). Two Peregrines
were perched on the chimney ladder.
Later Friday I headed to Mill Hill to do my final transect of the
year: Adonis Blue 8, Clouded Yellow (male) 1, Common blue 4, Large White 1,
Meadow Brown 13, Small White 5, Speckled Wood 1.
Birling Gap:
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| Comma, Polygonia c-album |
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| Common Blue, Polyommatus icarus |
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| Stonechat, Saxicola torquata |
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| Green Lacewing, Chrysoperla, carnea |
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| Ichneumon wasp, Ichneumon suspiciosus |
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| Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta |
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| Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta |
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| Rush Veneer, Nomophila noctuella |
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| Friday sunrise |
Beeding:
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| Garden Spider, Araneus diadematus |
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| Peregrine, Falco peregrinus |
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| Peregrine, Falco peregrinus |
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| Peregrine |
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| Peregrine |
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| Peregrine |
Mill Hill:
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| female Adonis Blue, Lysandra bellargus |
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| male Adonis Blue, Lysandra bellargus |
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| male Clouded Yellow, Colias croceus |
Beeding Saturday:
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| Comma, Polygonia c-album |
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Everlasting Pea, Lathyrus latifolius
- food plant of the Long-tailed Blue |
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| Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta |
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| Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta |
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| Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta |
