{"id":9389,"date":"2024-09-02T10:43:35","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T10:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/?p=9389"},"modified":"2024-10-08T13:39:38","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T13:39:38","slug":"butterflies-september-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/butterflies-september-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Butterflies: September 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saturday 28th<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Walls continue to do well. At least six were flying around the Estate along with a few Small Coppers, Speckled Woods, and Large Whites.<\/span><\/p>\n

Saturday 21st<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A good count of nine Walls was on RSPB Worth marshes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Friday 20th<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The buddleias have been busy recently with various vanessids and Speckled Wood seem to be getting more numerous.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sunday 15th<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

There must've been an emergence of Commas as seven were in one small area of the Estate.<\/span><\/p>\n

Saturday 14th<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A little breezy but four Commas, two Holly Blues, eight Large Whites, two Meadow Browns, 15 Red Admirals, six Small Coppers, 20 Small Whites, six Speckled Woods, one Wall, and two Common Blues were on the Estate.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thursday 12th<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The weather has been a bit iffy recently but there are still pockets of Red Admirals in areas out of the wind. Nowhere near as many as last week though. A few Painted Ladies have also been seen so a few of these may have also come in off the sea recently.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"
Painted Lady by S.Reynaert<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Friday 6th<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

It was clear from early in the morning that something big was happening with Red Admirals. There were individuals all over the bushes, along the track, and even in the moth trap. A timed point count looking across the asparagus fields revealed butterflies heading inland at approximately 100 a minute<\/strong>. This was repeated on multiple occasions so many thousands must have passed through.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wednesday 4th<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A Painted Lady was at Restharrow Scrape. Very few have been seen this year.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Saturday 28th Walls continue to do well. At least six were flying around the Estate along with a few Small Coppers, Speckled Woods, and Large Whites. Saturday 21st A good count of nine Walls was on RSPB Worth marshes. Friday 20th The buddleias have been busy recently with various vanessids and Speckled Wood seem to be getting more numerous. Sunday… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":9635,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sightingsbutterflies"],"yoast_head":"\n- Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory Trust<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As an accredited bird observatory and registered charity SBBOT is committed to the conservation and recording of the natural environment in the Sandwich Bay area\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"- Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory Trust\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As an accredited bird observatory and registered charity SBBOT is committed to the conservation and recording of the natural environment in the Sandwich Bay area\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/butterflies-september-2024\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory Trust\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-02T10:43:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-10-08T13:39:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/Painted-Lady-Sep24-SReynaert.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"853\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Steffan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Steffan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sbbot.org.uk\\\/2026\\\/butterflies-september-2024\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sbbot.org.uk\\\/2026\\\/butterflies-september-2024\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Steffan\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sbbot.org.uk\\\/2026\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b907d8d62844c60b2f0e776f6ddb561c\"},\"headline\":\"Butterflies: September 2024\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-02T10:43:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-08T13:39:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sbbot.org.uk\\\/2026\\\/butterflies-september-2024\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":264,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sbbot.org.uk\\\/2026\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sbbot.org.uk\\\/2026\\\/butterflies-september-2024\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sbbot.org.uk\\\/2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Painted-Lady-Sep24-SReynaert.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Sightings:Butterflies\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sbbot.org.uk\\\/2026\\\/butterflies-september-2024\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sbbot.org.uk\\\/2026\\\/butterflies-september-2024\\\/\",\"name\":\"- Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory Trust\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sbbot.org.uk\\\/2026\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sbbot.org.uk\\\/2026\\\/butterflies-september-2024\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sbbot.org.uk\\\/2026\\\/butterflies-september-2024\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sbbot.org.uk\\\/2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Painted-Lady-Sep24-SReynaert.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-02T10:43:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-08T13:39:38+00:00\",\"description\":\"As an accredited bird observatory and registered charity SBBOT is committed to the conservation and recording of the natural environment in the Sandwich Bay area\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sbbot.org.uk\\\/2026\\\/butterflies-september-2024\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sbbot.org.uk\\\/2026\\\/butterflies-september-2024\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sbbot.org.uk\\\/2026\\\/butterflies-september-2024\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sbbot.org.uk\\\/2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Painted-Lady-Sep24-SReynaert.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sbbot.org.uk\\\/2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Painted-Lady-Sep24-SReynaert.jpeg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":853},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sbbot.org.uk\\\/2026\\\/butterflies-september-2024\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sbbot.org.uk\\\/2026\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Butterflies: September 2024\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sbbot.org.uk\\\/2026\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sbbot.org.uk\\\/2026\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory Trust\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sbbot.org.uk\\\/2026\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sbbot.org.uk\\\/2026\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sbbot.org.uk\\\/2026\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory Trust\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sbbot.org.uk\\\/2026\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sbbot.org.uk\\\/2026\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sbbot.org.uk\\\/2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/06\\\/Eleonoras-Falcon-May22-BSummerfield-800x600-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sbbot.org.uk\\\/2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/06\\\/Eleonoras-Falcon-May22-BSummerfield-800x600-1.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory Trust\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sbbot.org.uk\\\/2026\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sbbot.org.uk\\\/2026\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b907d8d62844c60b2f0e776f6ddb561c\",\"name\":\"Steffan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b35c0232238f62f31a616da539e1d653c1140a14130b8c4181385718603224ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b35c0232238f62f31a616da539e1d653c1140a14130b8c4181385718603224ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b35c0232238f62f31a616da539e1d653c1140a14130b8c4181385718603224ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Steffan\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sbbot.org.uk\\\/2026\\\/author\\\/steffan\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"- Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory Trust","description":"As an accredited bird observatory and registered charity SBBOT is committed to the conservation and recording of the natural environment in the Sandwich Bay area","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"- Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory Trust","og_description":"As an accredited bird observatory and registered charity SBBOT is committed to the conservation and recording of the natural environment in the Sandwich Bay area","og_url":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/butterflies-september-2024\/","og_site_name":"Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory Trust","article_published_time":"2024-09-02T10:43:35+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-10-08T13:39:38+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":853,"url":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/Painted-Lady-Sep24-SReynaert.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Steffan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Steffan","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/butterflies-september-2024\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/butterflies-september-2024\/"},"author":{"name":"Steffan","@id":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/#\/schema\/person\/b907d8d62844c60b2f0e776f6ddb561c"},"headline":"Butterflies: September 2024","datePublished":"2024-09-02T10:43:35+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-08T13:39:38+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/butterflies-september-2024\/"},"wordCount":264,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/butterflies-september-2024\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/Painted-Lady-Sep24-SReynaert.jpeg","articleSection":["Sightings:Butterflies"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/butterflies-september-2024\/","url":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/butterflies-september-2024\/","name":"- Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory Trust","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/butterflies-september-2024\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/butterflies-september-2024\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/Painted-Lady-Sep24-SReynaert.jpeg","datePublished":"2024-09-02T10:43:35+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-08T13:39:38+00:00","description":"As an accredited bird observatory and registered charity SBBOT is committed to the conservation and recording of the natural environment in the Sandwich Bay area","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/butterflies-september-2024\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/butterflies-september-2024\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/butterflies-september-2024\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/Painted-Lady-Sep24-SReynaert.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/Painted-Lady-Sep24-SReynaert.jpeg","width":1280,"height":853},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/butterflies-september-2024\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Butterflies: September 2024"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/","name":"Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory Trust","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/#organization","name":"Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory Trust","url":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Eleonoras-Falcon-May22-BSummerfield-800x600-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Eleonoras-Falcon-May22-BSummerfield-800x600-1.jpg","width":800,"height":600,"caption":"Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory Trust"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/#\/schema\/person\/b907d8d62844c60b2f0e776f6ddb561c","name":"Steffan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b35c0232238f62f31a616da539e1d653c1140a14130b8c4181385718603224ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b35c0232238f62f31a616da539e1d653c1140a14130b8c4181385718603224ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b35c0232238f62f31a616da539e1d653c1140a14130b8c4181385718603224ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Steffan"},"url":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/author\/steffan\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9389"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9719,"href":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9389\/revisions\/9719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}