Category Archives: Butterflies

Lepidoptera at East Wickham Open Space

Purnendu Roy reports that he saw the following species at East Wickham Open Space, north west of Welling town centre,  on the way to the Rosemary Road allotments this week: Small Skipper, Essex Skipper, Large Skipper Green-veined White, Small White Brown … Continue reading

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Barnehurst Golf Course butterfly bonanza

Barnehurst Golf course has a good variety of habitats, and thus a good list of butterflies, which is one of the reasons why London Wildlife Trust have recommended that it be promoted from a ‘Local’ to a ‘Grade 2’ Site … Continue reading

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Sun shines (intermittently) on Crossness butterfly event

Karen Sutton, Biodiversity Team Manager at Crossness Nature Reserve on Erith Marshes, reports on the Wednesday 15th July butterfly identification event. We held a butterfly identification walk on Crossness Nature Reserve just before the launch of Butterfly Conservation’s Big Butterfly Count … Continue reading

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Silver-washed Fritillary pictured at Joyden’s Woods

Ralph and Brenda Todd were out in Joyden’s Woods yesterday (4th July) and Ralph captured these images of a Silver-washed Fritillary butterfly (Argynnis paphia) . Ffi see: http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species.php?species=paphia The Fritillary, and another White Admiral seen in the same place as … Continue reading

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Danson: lack of algal mats hits Red Eyes

There was an almost complete lack of floating algal mats at Danson lake on 29th June. I had gone to check on Himalayan Balsam eradication efforts, but also to see if both  species of Red Eyed Damselfly were now on … Continue reading

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Ringlet butterfly now at Hollyhill

Mike Robinson has sent us a nice shot of a Ringlet butterfly taken at Hollyhill open space this June. This was an expected species, having been seen at Streamway on the other side of Brook Street last year, but the … Continue reading

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‘Conservation grazing’ at Thames Road Wetland

It’s been a while since the local ponies were on the site when I was around, but last week (June 23rd) I was intently studying the spread of the rare Brookweed when there was a quiet rustling right behind me. … Continue reading

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Hollyhill OS, new site record and Marbled White still present

Good numbers of the two small Skipper species were present in the long grass at Hollyhill Open Space, a Grade 1 SINC,  this evening, with both Essex Skippers and Small Skippers eventually confirmed by getting close enough to a resting … Continue reading

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Bexley butterfly bonanza – Marbled White and White Admiral boost Borough list on same day

24th June was a great day for local butterfly enthusiasts as Mike Robinson came across a Marbled White (Melanargia galathea) at Hollyhill Open Space off Brook Street in Erith, only days after we had discussed keeping an eye open for it … Continue reading

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Spring into summer at Thames Road Wetland

Things were hotting up at Thames Road Wetland on Tuesday (June 16th). Reed Bunting bred on site in 2013, but last year the male seemed to spend most of the summer singing, with no apparent success. Now he is back … Continue reading

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