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Received the first report for this year that Large Blue have started to emerge at SWT Green Down reserve.
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The sunny weather yesterday brought the first reports of Green Hairstreak and Grizzled Skipper in Somerset this year.
You can keep up to date with this year's butterfly first sightings in the Somerset and Bristol area at butterfly-conservation.org/i…
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Clearly today was THE day for Brimstone butterflies to be roused from their winter dormancy. So far I've seen 9 different reports of Brimstone seen today in Somerset.
First Butterfly of the year seen in our Somerset Garden this morning. @BCSomerset @savebutterflies @SomersetWT
Marbled White now starting to emerge in Somerset - with multiple sightings reported at Collard Hill this week.
Please don't confuse these with any other type of butterfly with black vein markings.
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☀️ Enjoyable afternoon observing the first Large Blue's of the year at Collard Hill plus sighting of lovely female Common Blue. @BCSomerset @savebutterflies @Britnatureguide @ukbutterflies @andy33082645
The first Meadow Brown of the year are now starting to emerge in Somerset. Reports of one observed last Friday and more seen today.
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The warm sunny weather continues to bring reports of
exciting butterfly sightings in Somerset. The first Large Blue are starting to emerge with a few seen on the wing today at Green Down NR
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Large Skipper now starting to emerge.
Large Skipper are the first of the 'golden skippers' to emerge in Somerset and are usually a few weeks ahead of Small Skipper.
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Wow! Another unexpected appearance of Marsh Fritillary in Somerset.
Marsh fritillary found (by Graham Hall) at Mount Fancy Farm today! In the area around transect 6. @SomButterflyRec @BCSomerset
Small Blue is our smallest resident butterfly with a wingspan of about 18-25 mm. The GB butterfly red list categorises Small Blue as near threatened. They are rare in Somerset, confined to a few grassland sites with kidney vetch, on which the eggs are laid & the caterpillars feed
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Wow! Marsh Fritillary are very rare in Somerset. It's been over a decade since we last received any record of them at this site. Well spotted and a lovely picture too.
At least 4 Marsh Fritillaries seen on Hatch Hill this afternoon. I’ve never seen them there before in many years of visiting. @BCSomerset @SomButterflyRec @SomersetWT
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Orange-tip and Brimstone at Ham Wall RSPB this week @BCSomerset @savebutterflies @RSPBHamWall @NatureUK @OMSYSTEMcameras
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A quick visit to Thurlbear Quarrylands this morning with cloud cover proving persistent, just two butterflies seen, my first Grizzled Skipper of the year and a Green-veined White. @BCSomerset @SomButterflyRec @savebutterflies @SWTTaunton @OMSYSTEMcameras @UKBMSLive
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Holly Blue female and male, seen at Shapwick Heath, Somerset and Ashton Court, Bristol respectively in the last couple of days. @savebutterflies
What effect is the cool spring having on our butterflies?
A Grizzled Skipper seen yesterday is provisionally Somerset's first record of this species in 2023.
Looking at @BCSomerset records from over the last 20 years, it's the latest first sighting of Grizzled Skipper since 2006.
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Orange tip, finally it all seems a bit slower this year, lets hope it’s on the change
Chew valley lake
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Despite the hailstorm at Hawkcombe Wood today we managed to find lots of Heath Fritillary larvae amongst the cow-wheat and surrounding leaf litter @JennyPlackett @ExmoorNP @BCSomerset @savebutterflies
There have been multiple reports of Brimstone in Somerset today in addition to this Small Tortoiseshell enjoying the sunny weather
Wow! Not just Valentine’s Day, but first butterfly of the year! Small Tortoiseshell nectaring on viburnum with bumblebee and hoverflies. @BCSomerset @SomButterflyRec
