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British butterflies, butterflies, butterfly, Clouded yellow, Colias croceus, Lavernock Nature Reserve
Some days are just good days! On the same day that I finally caught up with the Spotted flycatchers at Cosmeston, I also saw my first Clouded yellow butterflies, and I’d been chasing those for a couple of weeks as well.
Colias croceus is primarily an immigrant – it has occasionally been known to overwinter but is usually killed by the cold and damp of British winters – and flies in for the summer months from southern Europe and north Africa. Way back in 1947, there was a huge migration, with numbers estimated at 36,000, but most years the numbers are much less, and this year very few of my butterfly-watching friends have seen any. So, I count myself very privileged indeed to have seen two at Lavernock Nature Reserve last Sunday.
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I’ve never seen one. Or perhaps not knowingly. Probably won’t see one this year, maybe next year. Keep it up Annie.
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Thanks, Paul. Let’s hope for a massive influx next year!
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Before Brexit? They’ll be allowed in afterwards
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Hahaha. They probably WON’T be allowed in afterwards!
Btw, if you have a spare day soon, you really should go to Lavernock. The wildflowers are still going strong, and the scabious is just about to bloom – lots of critters. Happy to meet you for a mooch if you want.
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I’ll contact when I have time. Away again this week, the travelling has started. Maybe Sunday morning if the weathers OK?
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Sounds like a plan. PM me on FB later in the week. 🙂
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