{"id":8676,"date":"2024-06-04T14:17:41","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T14:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/?p=8676"},"modified":"2024-08-06T13:30:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T13:30:20","slug":"butterflies-june-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/butterflies-june-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Butterflies: June 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Friday 29th<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>WHITE-LETTER HAIRSTREAK<\/strong><\/span> was on the Green Wall.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Wednesday 27th<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The best transect of the year with 200 butterflies exactly. Meadow Browns led the way with 75, followed by Small Heath on 50 and Small\/Essex Skipper on 35. A few Large Skippers were logged and the first of the next generation of Small Tortoiseshell.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Thursday 20th<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At least seven Holly Blues were on the Estate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Monday 17th<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Two<strong> Small\/Essex Skippers<\/strong> and two <strong>Marbled Whites<\/strong> on the BMS Transect were the first of the year. And that was going to be the highlight until a surprise <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Green Hairstreak<\/strong><\/span> appeared by the Cellars, the first to ever be recorded on the transect. Filling up the rest of the transect were o<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ne Small White, one Green-veined White, six Common Blues, two Holly Blues, two Red Admirals, 13 Meadow Browns, and 34 Small Heaths.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8778\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8778\" style=\"width: 695px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8778 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/20240617_115845-scaled-e1718634172665-695x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"695\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/20240617_115845-scaled-e1718634172665-695x1024.jpg 695w, https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/20240617_115845-scaled-e1718634172665-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/20240617_115845-scaled-e1718634172665-768x1131.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/20240617_115845-scaled-e1718634172665-1043x1536.jpg 1043w, https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/20240617_115845-scaled-e1718634172665.jpg 1211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8778\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Green Hairstreak by S.Walton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Thursday 13th<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Two Large Skippers were in the Jubilee Field. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Thursday 6th<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A female Brimstone and a <strong>Meadow Brown<\/strong> were in the Jubilee Field on the Estate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tuesday 4th<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sunny weather for the first time in a while. Small numbers of blues and Heaths were on the Estate, whilst a small orangey butterfly flew across the path by the Haven, most likely a skipper species.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday 29th A WHITE-LETTER HAIRSTREAK was on the Green Wall. Wednesday 27th The best transect of the year with 200 butterflies exactly. Meadow Browns led the way with 75, followed by Small Heath on 50 and Small\/Essex Skipper on 35. A few Large Skippers were logged and the first of the next generation of Small Tortoiseshell. 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