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There were plenty of observers up at Fermyn Wood today enjoying the butterflies. Eleanor together with Tor the hound and Jaeger the collie were among them!
Despite a great deal of thinning and forestry work on the compartments since last year there were plenty of butterflies on show including White-letter Hairstreaks (in the elms), Silver-washed Fritillaries and Painted Ladies. Even a few Black Hairstreaks were on show in the hawthorn scrub within the Country Park. A big hatch of Marbled Whites also in the Country Park were a real treat, this species becoming more common in the county in recent years.
However it is the enigmatic and showy Purple Emperors that steal the show with particularly good numbers on show along the forestry track that extends into Lady's Wood from the Gliding Club airstrip...
Regards
Neil M
There were plenty of observers up at Fermyn Wood today enjoying the butterflies. Eleanor together with Tor the hound and Jaeger the collie were among them!
Despite a great deal of thinning and forestry work on the compartments since last year there were plenty of butterflies on show including White-letter Hairstreaks (in the elms), Silver-washed Fritillaries and Painted Ladies. Even a few Black Hairstreaks were on show in the hawthorn scrub within the Country Park. A big hatch of Marbled Whites also in the Country Park were a real treat, this species becoming more common in the county in recent years.
However it is the enigmatic and showy Purple Emperors that steal the show with particularly good numbers on show along the forestry track that extends into Lady's Wood from the Gliding Club airstrip...
Regards
Neil M
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| Purple Emperors at Fermyn Wood today, courtesy of Eleanor. |
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| This excellent image was taken by John Boland yesterday at Ravensthorpe Reservoir. It depicts an adult Yellow- legged Gull tackling a moribund Rainbow Trout... |
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