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| Grizzled Skipper, Pyrgus malvae |
Yesterday was the hottest day of the year so far so I headed
to Mill Hill to do my butterfly transect in optimistic mood. It started well
with a Small Tortoiseshell crossing my path as soon as I started my walk. I
recorded several firsts for the year: 1 Green Hairstreak, 4 Grizzled Skippers
and 1 Dingy Skipper, plus 3 male Brimstones, several whites, including a Large
White, a male Orange-tip, a Red Admiral, 6 Peacocks and 2 Speckled Woods. Several birds
were singing vociferously: a Chaffinch, a Whitethroat and a Linnet. I spotted a
few micro moths: Pyrausta nigrata, a Small Purple-barred and Pancalia leuwenhoekella
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| Forget-me-not, Myostis spp |
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| Chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs |
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| Green Hairstreak, Callophrys rubi |
This little fella is well past his sell-by date
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| Grizzled Skipper, Pyrgus malvae |
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| Pancalia schwarzella |
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| Linnet, Carduelis cannabina |
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| Peacock, Inachis io |
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| Pyrausta nigrata |
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| Small Purple-barred, Phytometra viridaria |
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| Speckled Wood, Pararge aegeria |
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| Whitethroat, Sylvia communis |
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| Dingy Skipper, Erynnis tages |
Great pics. Better than I can do of the Grizzled Skipper.
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