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#365DaysWild, Aberbargoed Grasslands, British butterflies, butterflies, butterfly, Marsh fritillary, Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary
The weather wasn’t ideal for my visit to Aberbargoed grasslands today, with little sun and a fresh breeze, but I thought I’d give it a try as the rest of the week is looking little better – in fact, it’s looking downright miserable, with rain forecast most days. To see butterflies, you really need sunshine and warmth.
Moaning aside, as you can tell from my photos, I did manage to find some Marsh fritillaries – I counted at least 25, some of which were already looking a little worn from their flying about, bumping into plants, and their interactions with others of their kind.
What I was really hoping to find were Small pearl-bordered fritillaries, as they’ve been seen at this site in the past week and they would have been a new sighting for me for the year. And I did see some – two, perhaps three – but they were either distant or flying rapidly past. They did, however, look much more orange in flight than the Marsh frits and their flight pattern was different. Luckily, I managed to grab one photo, with both a Small pearl-bordered fritillary and a Marsh fritillary on the same flower. It’s a heavy crop but I still like it.
Beautiful! I saw my first and got a not the best image of it on Friday.
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Excellent. Where are you posting your photos these days, Shelly?
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Sorry to be so late with my reply. Had trouble logging in to comment here for a while and then forgot. I mainly only post at my Blog: https://alittleplaceontheweb.com I post sporadically to Tipua.com that Chris Sutton started and Flickr.
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Off to check out your blog … 🙂
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Beautiful pictures 🙂 Hope it warms up soon!
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Thanks so much. 🙂
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Well spotted. Weather has returned to dismal here too…
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Thank you kindly. We really need the rain but I do find it frustrating.
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I understand. I have realised that I have been spending time indoors instead of out and I must remedy that if possible. Give me a poke if you remember…
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Indeed I will. 🙂
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