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| Cinnabar Moth |
I went on another butterfly survey at Mousehold Heath this morning. The conditions are perfect. The sun is out, its hot, there isn't a cloud in the sky and there was hardly a breath of wind. However, for some unknown reason, we could only find five butterflies; 1 speckled wood, 1 green hairstreak, 1 large white and 2 holly blues. We actually found more moths than butterflies, as well as a frog. Where have all the butterflies gone? I expect last week's cold weather has something to do with it and perhaps they are being slow to recover from it. Either way, it has been a disappointing survey. Let's hope next week is more successful.
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| Brown Silver-lines |
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| Common Frog |
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| Broom |
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| Vapourer Moth Caterpillar (back at home) |
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| Orange-tip |
This afternoon, Mum and I went for a walk around the meadow trail at Strumpshaw Fen to try again in my search for Norfolk hawkers and common blue butterflies and to get a photo of one as part of my Strumpshaw 40 challenge. Unfortunately, I couldn't find a single one of either species despite searching hard for them. However, we did see a swallowtail flying over the meadow as well as four-spotted chasers, hairy dragonflies and broad-bodied chasers. I hope I can do much better tomorrow and get my 30th target species for my challenge list.
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| Brimstone |
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| Broad-bodied Chaser |
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| Four-spotted Chaser |
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| Bog bean |
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| Dog Rose |
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| Willow Warbler |
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