Tag Archives: butterflies

#30DaysWild – Challenge Accepted!

Posted on June 24, 2018 by

It seems that I’ve not written much on the blog for a while, mainly because it is a tremendously busy time of year in the garden. Any spare moments were filled with sowing/planting and are now, necessarily, filled with watering … Continue reading →

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Wildlife Wednesday  – Butterfly Blitz

Posted on August 2, 2017 by

I had only intended to post a single photo today, since we are on holiday, but it is raining hard and is forecast to do so all day. So I thought that reviewing last month’s wildlife would be a more … Continue reading →

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A black and white Brown!

Posted on June 26, 2017 by

This is a Marbled White butterfly (Melanargia galathea) and until two weeks ago I’d never seen one before in my life. Don’t they look like those butterfly splot paintings we used to do as kids? Despite being quite obviously black … Continue reading →

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Wildlife roundup – If only I could fly too

Posted on June 7, 2017 by

May’s warmth and sunshine brought out many winged creatures and my favourites are always the dragonflies and their relatives. Early on in May, at the edge of our small pool, we saw the first Large Red damselflies (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) basking … Continue reading →

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Wildlife Wednesday – Riding the thermals

Posted on April 5, 2017 by

A lot is happening in the skies this month. The rooks behind our house are established in their nests now and are hanging out in the tree tops, calling loudly across the countryside at seemingly all hours. These shouts are … Continue reading →

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Wildlife Wednesday – Long tongues down long throats

Posted on September 7, 2016 by

We’ve spent the summer re-digging the pond on the patio due to a worrying leak, but now it is done. The nine fish are back in it, as are some much reduced baskets of iris, skunk cabbage and marsh marigold. … Continue reading →

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One Cabbage White, two Cabbage White, three …

Posted on July 25, 2016 by

This weekend I’ve been counting butterflies in the garden. It’s for this year’s Big Butterfly Count (15th July – 31 August run by the Butterfly Conservation Organisation). For 15 minutes on each day I’ve wandered past the buddleia bushes on … Continue reading →

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