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A Painted Lady added to the mix.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Friday 19th<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The excellent third generation of Wall continued with 11 on New Downs. Also present were seven Small Whites, one Green-veined White, eight Speckled Woods, 12 Red Admirals, three Peacocks, one Common Blue, three Small Heaths, one Small Copper, and three Clouded Yellows. Four Clouded Yellows were also on Prince's Beach.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tuesday 16th<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Nine Walls were on the track on RSPB Worth marshes today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tuesday 2nd<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There were surprisingly numbers of butterflies around considering the heavy showers on and off all morning. 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