Freshly emerged and waiting to take her first flight ...
More at: www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species.php?species=atalanta
Showing posts with label Red Admiral. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Red Admiral. Show all posts
Tuesday, 3 November 2015
First flight ...
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
Freshly emerged and waiting to take her first flight ...
More at: www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species.php?species=atalanta
Freshly emerged and waiting to take her first flight ...
More at: www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species.php?species=atalanta
Wednesday, 1 July 2015
The need to feed ...
Food choice and purpose ...
The Red
Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) seeking sustenance from a dry forestry track.
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
Pick your own …
Ticehurst, 18 September 2012
Further to reports from Tony Lloyd and Malcolm Phillips on the Sussex Butterfly Conservation website (12th and 13th September 2012) of 1000+ Red Admiral and numerous Comma observed at Maynards PYO fruit orchards, located at Windmill Hill Farm on the outskirts of the East Sussex village of Ticehurst and, more recently, Neil Hulme’s report confirming the same, I was keen to take a look ...
Arriving late morning I soon found the orchard where the butterflies are continuing to enjoy the decaying Brighton Belle plums, which have gone unharvested due lack of market and discolouration of the skins. With the scent of fermenting fruit filling the air, the first of many hundreds of Red Admiral and numerous Comma were easily soon found; many of which were in pristine condition. As Neil mentioned in his UK Butterflies diary, “I've never seen so many in one place in over 40 years of butterfly watching.”
I can only agree, a fabulous sight …
Despite reasonable levels of sunshine, conditions were cold and most definitely autumnal, with a chilling wind continually blowing. I couldn’t help but feel that despite the large number of butterflies present, the end of the 2012 butterfly season will, very soon, be upon us …
Further to reports from Tony Lloyd and Malcolm Phillips on the Sussex Butterfly Conservation website (12th and 13th September 2012) of 1000+ Red Admiral and numerous Comma observed at Maynards PYO fruit orchards, located at Windmill Hill Farm on the outskirts of the East Sussex village of Ticehurst and, more recently, Neil Hulme’s report confirming the same, I was keen to take a look ...
Arriving late morning I soon found the orchard where the butterflies are continuing to enjoy the decaying Brighton Belle plums, which have gone unharvested due lack of market and discolouration of the skins. With the scent of fermenting fruit filling the air, the first of many hundreds of Red Admiral and numerous Comma were easily soon found; many of which were in pristine condition. As Neil mentioned in his UK Butterflies diary, “I've never seen so many in one place in over 40 years of butterfly watching.”
I can only agree, a fabulous sight …
Despite reasonable levels of sunshine, conditions were cold and most definitely autumnal, with a chilling wind continually blowing. I couldn’t help but feel that despite the large number of butterflies present, the end of the 2012 butterfly season will, very soon, be upon us …
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