Pickering Woods, N. Yorkshire, today. Lots of Brimstones, Peacocks, 2 Orange-tips, and a single Small White.
Also a few pink Primroses!
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Absolutely it is!
And yes, well done to anyone who volunteers in any capacity to make their part of the world a better place!
Before coppicing!
Before coppicing!
After coppicing!
Primrose leaf with Duke of Burgundy larval feeding damage from last year.
I spent my weekend carrying out some more habitat management work for Duke of Burgundy in Pickering Woods, with volunteers from @bcyorkshire.bsky.social @northyorkmoors.org.uk and Pickering Env. Group.
We coppiced a strip of approx. 35m x 5m, opening up an area with lots of Primrose coming through.
Before we started!
During
After
Primrose showing feeding damage from Duke of Burgundy caterpillars
Had a great day out with @bcyorkshire.bsky.social
coppicing Hazel at a Duke of Burgundy site nr Hawnby. There was lots of Primrose coming through underneath, and lots of it with feeding damage from Duke larvae.
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My new favourite band!
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For #SundayYellow here's a backlit Brimstone from August last year.
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Gorgeous photo!
Wasp Spider from Aston Rowant NNR.
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A few more Adonis Blues from Aston Rowant NNR.
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Silver-spotted Skippers, seen yesterday at Aston Rowant NNR, Oxon.
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Yes, even on an overcast day the vivid blue is stunning!
Thanks! Adonis Blue was a new species for me.
Adonis and Chalkhill Blues from Aston Rowant NNR, Oxon, and Common Blue from Hazelborough Woods, Northants today.
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That's a female Common Blue. It has the extra spot on the crossing and no figure-8 on the hindwing. Sorry!
Thanks!
And yet, just 2 days earlier I counted over 140 Peacock, plus lots of Painted Lady, Red Admiral, and Small Tortoiseshell at a N. Yorkshire site.
A single Brown Hairstreak seen at Arnside Knott yesterday, along with some Painted Ladies and a Small Tortoiseshell. Despite the fine weather there weren't many butterflies about.
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Thanks!
Brimstone, Painted Lady, Red Admiral, and Small Tortoiseshell seen today at Harwood Dale Forest, nr. Whitby.
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Golden-ringed Dragonfly today at Harwood Dale Forest, nr. Whitby.
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Thanks! Smardale Gill is such a beautiful site, and I try to visit every year.
Plenty of Peacocks & Red Admirals, and a couple of Comma too!
Scotch Argus from my annual visit to Smardale Gill NNR.
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Brimstones from Pickering today.
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Nice selection, but that's a Large Skipper.
Meadow Brown on Field Scabious, Barnack Hills & Holes NNR.
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Flowering Dodder, seen at Barnack Hills & Holes NNR earlier this week.
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I'll put them on iRecord tonight.
