{"id":8408,"date":"2024-05-01T12:02:41","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T12:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/?p=8408"},"modified":"2024-05-23T12:18:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T12:18:40","slug":"butterflies-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/butterflies-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Butterflies: May 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Thursday 23rd<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Eight species were on the Estate with <strong>Brown Argus<\/strong> the highlight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Friday 17th<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A good mix around the Whitehouse and Oasis included two Speckled Woods, three Orange-tips, three Red Admirals, one Wall, five Small Coppers, six Small Heaths, two Holly Blues, one Small White, and first <strong>Painted Lady<\/strong> and <strong>Common Blue<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Monday 13th<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The BMS Transect produced 38 butterflies of ten species. Of note were seven Walls, an impressive tally for the transect. Another two were also seen on New Downs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Thursday 9th<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The weather was good enough to do the BMS Transect. Two Orange-tips, four Small Coppers, three Red Admirals, five Walls, and two Small Heaths. A similar spread was also seen inland on Worth.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8491\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8491\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8491 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orange-tip-May24-SReynaert.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orange-tip-May24-SReynaert.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orange-tip-May24-SReynaert-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orange-tip-May24-SReynaert-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orange-tip-May24-SReynaert-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8491\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orange-tips by S.Reynaert<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Wednesday 8th<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Our first <strong>Small Heath<\/strong> was at Dickson's Corner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tuesday 7th<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A good mix on RSPB Worth marshes included two Orange-tips, two Green-veined Whites, one Small White, three Peacocks, one Red Admiral, and one Speckled Wood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sunday 5th<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A Wall was on RSPB Worth marshes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Wednesday 1st<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">An Orange-tip, a Red Admiral, and two Peacocks were between the Chequers and Mary Bax, whilst six Orange-tips were on the Estate.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday 23rd Eight species were on the Estate with Brown Argus the highlight. 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