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| Peacock |
We have been taking part in the Butterfly Conservation Trust's butterfly count this weekend. This sedentary occupation has suited me perfectly as I am recuperating from an operation a couple of weeks ago and am not very mobile at present.
We were only required to record numbers for 15 minutes at a time, which passed so quickly that I decided to carry on for a few minutes more. After a little while my husband came to tell me that lunch was ready and I was surprised to discover that I had been sitting there for an hour or so.
In our official 15 minutes we saw 6 Peacocks; 15 Large Whites; 1 Comma; 2 Common Blues; 1 Gatekeeper and 2 Red Admirals which we were really pleased with.
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| Red Admiral |
Overall I counted 30 Large Whites; 4 Gatekeepers; 3 Commas; 5 Red Admirals; 15 Peacocks and 3 Common Blues. If you would like to take part the count runs until tomorrow (Sunday 9th August) and the website is www.bigbutterflycount.org
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| Gatekeeper |
