Mike Robinson reports that he has seen 26 of the Borough’s 28 (possibly 29) known species of Butterfly this year, as the season begins to come to a close.
‘BW’ contributor Mike Robinson, a recent convert to the joys of Butterfly-watching.
The species he has seen are:
- Brimstone
- Brown Argus
- Clouded Yellow
- Comma
- Common Blue
- Essex Skipper
- Gatekeeper
- Green Hairstreak
- Green-veined White
- Holly Blue
- Large Skipper
- Large White
- Marbled White
- Meadow Brown
- Orange Tip
- Painted Lady
- Purple Hairstreak
- Peacock
- Red Admiral
- Ringlet
- Small Copper
- Small Skipper
- Small Tortoiseshell
- Small White
- Speckled Wood
- White-letter Hairstreak
Twenty-three of these species have been recorded at Crossness (Erith Marshes); being the above minus Marbled White, Purple Hairstreak and White-letter Hairstreak, though it has recently come to light that a Marbled White was seen on the Thames path near the original Crossness sewage works in July 2010 .
Ringlet on Lime flowers. (Photo: Mike Robinson)
Missing from Mike’s year list are Small Heath, Silver-washed Fritillary and (yet to be definitively confirmed as occurring within the Bexley boundary, though it looks like it probably does) White Admiral.
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