Somerset Butterfly Recorder

Somerset County Butterfly Recorder. Views my own.

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Received the first report for this year that Large Blue have started to emerge at SWT Green Down reserve.
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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.

[Pat Collins @PatCollins_UK]

First Butterfly of the year seen in our Somerset Garden this morning. @BCSomerset @savebutterflies @SomersetWT

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@janepursey Lovely pictures of Small Copper and Brown Argus

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@janepursey Hi Jane, that looks like a Silver-washed Fritillary

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@janepursey No problem. Large Tortoiseshells would have been very exciting!

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[Duncan Cameron @WreckDive]

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

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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

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@AlasdairGordon1 @beauty_cornwall @NE_DCIoS @CwallWildlife @NatureUK @Cornwall_BC @savebutterflies @ukbutterflies @_Entomophily @Buzz_dont_tweet @Team4Nature @NorthCornwallNT Hi Alasdair. That looks like a Large Skipper.

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@BCSomerset @JohnHansford67 As far as I'm aware it's the first report of Ringlet in Somerset this year. Please can you submit the record. Thank you.

[Andy Martin @Alexanor56]

☀️ Enjoyable afternoon observing the first Large Blue's of the year at Collard Hill plus sighting of lovely female Common Blue. @BCSomerset @savebutterflies @Britnatureguide @ukbutterflies @andy33082645

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@BritishMoths @nickwall865 Thank you.

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The first Meadow Brown of the year are now starting to emerge in Somerset. Reports of one observed last Friday and more seen today.
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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.

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Wow! Another unexpected appearance of Marsh Fritillary in Somerset.

[Steve Balcombe @SteveBalcombe]

Marsh fritillary found (by Graham Hall) at Mount Fancy Farm today! In the area around transect 6. @SomButterflyRec @BCSomerset

[Russel Harris @Uckabirder]

First Heath Frittilary of the year Haddon Hill Exmoor

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@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.”

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@WildlifePhelps Always a possibility when a rare species makes an unexpected reappearance.

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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.

[Pat Collins @PatCollins_UK]

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