The sunny weather yesterday brought the first reports of Green Hairstreak and Grizzled Skipper in Somerset this year.
You can keep up to date with this year's butterfly first sightings in the Somerset and Bristol area at https://t.co/PiPfKy2OqJ
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Clearly today was THE day for Brimstone butterflies to be roused from their winter dormancy. So far I've seen 9 different reports of Brimstone seen today in Somerset.
Natural History Help - What moth is the bottom one? - still lots to learn. In the trap this morning in Ashcott, Somerset. Beautiful metallic stripes on the top one, a ‘Burnished Brass.’ I think. #moths#mothing#whatmoth#moth@SomButterflyRec#nature#insects
Marbled White now starting to emerge in Somerset - with multiple sightings reported at Collard Hill this week.
Please don't confuse these with any other type of butterfly with black vein markings.
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Library picture
The warm sunny weather continues to bring reports of
exciting butterfly sightings in Somerset. The first Large Blue are starting to emerge with a few seen on the wing today at Green Down NR
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Large Skipper now starting to emerge.
Large Skipper are the first of the 'golden skippers' to emerge in Somerset and are usually a few weeks ahead of Small Skipper.
@martinswarren @BC_Dorset Somewhere in a lecture theatre in 2123: “And so, my fellow esteemed members of the Lepidoptera Historical Society, this is the momentous Tweet from 100 years ago today that ushered in the introduction of the universally adopted Warren’s butterfly buttercup measurement scale.”
Wow! Marsh Fritillary are very rare in Somerset. It's been over a decade since we last received any record of them at this site. Well spotted and a lovely picture too.
At least 4 Marsh Fritillaries seen on Hatch Hill this afternoon. I’ve never seen them there before in many years of visiting. @BCSomerset@SomButterflyRec@SomersetWT