Friday 26 July 2013

Butterfly Count

TPT Low Cudworth - Ardsley Viaduct - Storrs Mill via River Dearne. (Corral & Hibbert)
Small Tortoiseshell 52, Ringlet 125, Meadow Brown 201, Large White 45, Purple Hairstreak 39, Peacock 21, Small Skipper 135, Gatekeeper 176, Small Copper 2, Green Veined/Small White 208 and a late Large Skipper. 

Edderthorpe Flash
Peacock 19, S. Tortoiseshell 12, Comma 2, Gatekeeper 45, Meadow Brown 46, Small Skipper 17.
Les arrived back home to find a Painted Lady on his Buddleja.

Notton Wood
This evening I counted 180 Purple Hairstreaks (Ralph Hibbert)

Cudworth
Last night moths in my garden didn't produce anything out of the ordinary, but there were lots in the trap. Best of the bunch were Large Twin-spot Carpet and Lesser Broad-borderd Yellow Underwing.

Large Twin-spot Carpet

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