{"id":11414,"date":"2025-05-02T10:17:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T10:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/?p=11414"},"modified":"2025-05-27T10:39:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T10:39:13","slug":"butterflies-may-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/butterflies-may-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Butterflies: May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tuesday 27th<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cloudy, windy, but warm and humid conditions meant a handful of butterflies were on the Estate and Royal Cinque Ports Golf Course. A <strong>Small Skipper<\/strong> at the latter was our earliest ever sighting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Wednesday 21st<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Our first <strong>Large Skipper<\/strong> was in the Dragonfly Fields.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tuesday 20th<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There were 13 species on the Estate. Totals of 16 Common Blue, six Painted Lady, five Walls, and 15 Small Heaths were of note.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11670\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11670\" style=\"width: 790px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11670 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/Comma-Apr25-JBull-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"790\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/Comma-Apr25-JBull-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/Comma-Apr25-JBull-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/Comma-Apr25-JBull-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/Comma-Apr25-JBull-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/Comma-Apr25-JBull-2048x1368.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11670\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Comma by J.Bull<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Saturday 17th<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Good tallies of 11 Brown Argus and 60 Common Blue were on New Downs, with three each of Painted Lady and Small Copper.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Wednesday 14th<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There were 53 butterflies of 11 species on the BMS Transect on the Estate. Most numerous was Small Heath with 24, followed by Common Blue with seven. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Monday 12th<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Eight Walls, one Painted Lady, eight Red Admirals, one Peacock, three Speckled Woods, eight Common Blues, two Brown Argus, three Small Coppers, seven Small Heaths, one Green-veined White, three Orange-tips, and three Large Whites were on the Estate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Friday 9th<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Another female Brimstone was on the Estate and our first <strong>Brown Argus<\/strong> appeared.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Monday 5th<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Two Painted Ladies were on RSPB Worth marshes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Friday 2nd<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A female Brimstone on the Estate was of note.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Thursday 1st<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Eight Walls were on RSPB Worth marshes.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday 27th Cloudy, windy, but warm and humid conditions meant a handful of butterflies were on the Estate and Royal Cinque Ports Golf Course. 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