Thursday, 21 June 2012

Scarce Chasers on the River Avon

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June 20, 2012: Today, on a slow-flowing section of the river downstream from Pershore there was much dragonfly activity whenever the sun ca...
Thursday, 7 June 2012

The Grizzled Skipper in north-east Wales

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June 6, 2012: The Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus malvae) reaches its natural northern British limit in north-east Wales where a very small popula...
Tuesday, 29 May 2012

Chequered Skippers at Glasdrum, Argyll

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May 28, 2012: A long-standing ambition to see the scarce and local Chequered Skipper butterfly was finally achieved yesterday with a 600+ m...
Wednesday, 23 May 2012

Eight species of butterfly at Gaitbarrows NNR, Lancashire

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May 22, 2012: At long last today was ideal butterfly weather and many species were flying. The Duke of Burgundy was very scarce, only one (...
Monday, 14 May 2012

Orange-tips at Brockholes Wetlands, Lancashire

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May 14, 2012: Since the end of March, Orange-tips have been on the wing here and probably the most frequent butterfly so far seen. Fast-f...
Wednesday, 2 May 2012

Cyprus Dragonflies

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April 22-27, 2012: Prolonged wet weather during the past winter has resulted in some of the best dragonfly pools such as those below the As...
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Cyprus butterflies

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April 22-27, 2012: A few early butterflies were seen at low levels in the south-west of the island. Close to the coast, the Paphos Blue was ...
Wednesday, 28 March 2012

Early Spring in Boilton Woods, Preston

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March 28, 2012: A long stretch of ancient woodland which runs along the north side of the Ribble near Preston includes Boilton Wood, a highl...
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