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| Painted Lady, Vanessa cardui |
On Thursday I
decided to complete some of the empty tetrads for the Sussex Butterfly
Atlas. Linda
joined me and proved to be an good spotter. We started at Brookfield Park,
Littlehampton, which is an excellent conservation park with several wildflower
areas. I recorded Essex Skipper, Small White, Common Blue, Painted Lady (spotted by Linda) and Small Tortoiseshell. At a
site near Climping Linda spotted a pair of mating Red-tailed Bumblebees.
According
to this website,
Brookfield Park was created as a country park 1997-2000 and features a well established lake, wildflower meadows, young maturing
trees, wildlife and several play areas.
On
Friday I returned to Brookfield Park with Sue and added a Clouded Yellow to the count. Later I
visited a new area at the National Trust's Slindon Estate where I
found Small Skipper, Common Blue, Gatekeeper and Meadow
Brown.
Brookfield Park:
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| juvenile Black-headed Gulls, Chroicocephalus ridibundus |
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| Brown Argus, Aricia agestis |
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| Buff-tailed bumblebee, Bombus terrestris |
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| Painted Lady, Vanessa cardui |
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| Painted Lady, Vanessa cardui |
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| Pearl Veneer, Agriphila straminella |
Climping area:
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| Comma, Polygonia c-album |
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| Common Carpet, Epirrhoe alternata |
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| Red-tailed Bumblebees mating, Bombus lapidarius |
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| Small Heath, Coenonympha pamphilus |
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| Small Tortoiseshells, Aglais urticae |
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| Small Tortoiseshell, Aglais urticae |
Friday at Brookfield Park:
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| Chicory, Cichorium intybus |
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| Chicory, Cichorium intybus |
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| Clouded Yellow, Colias croceus |
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| Field Scabius, Knautia arvensis |
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| Fleabane, Pulicaria dysenterica |
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| Mute Swan, Cygnus olor |
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| Wild Carrot, Daucus carota |
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| Wild Carrot, Daucus carota |
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| Wild Carrot, Daucus carota |
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| Small Skipper, Thymelicus sylvestris |
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