With the weather colder than usual, there hasn't been much in the way of butterfly activity recently but now I am beginning to see a few species emerging to start my butterfly year list. Back in February I saw my first Red Admiral (1) at Lower Moor Farm in some winter sunshine then in the middle of March I started to see Brimstone (2) butterflies fluttering along the hedgerows, my first one being on 17 March whilst driving between Tadley and Greenham Common.
On 27 March I found a Small Tortoiseshell (3) sunning itself on the wall outside the school where I work as I left at lunchtime and then during the Easter holidays, spotted my first Peacock (4) butterfly whilst staying in Cambridge with my sister. Apart from Brimstones I saw nothing else until a visit to Slimbridge WWT on 8 April produced a Speckled Wood (5) on some nettles along a sheltered walkway then later in April (20th) I found a couple of Orange Tips (6) and a Comma (7) in a sheltered part of the nature reserves by the River Thames at Farmoor Reservoir ( a brisk NE wind was blowing along the causeway).
Speckled wood at Slimbridge WWT
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