May 2011 Review 3

The Surprise of the Year, A Dulwich Fritillary in South London, for the first time since the 1860's. Several turned up on a South London Butterfly Transect, even outnumbering Dark Green and Silver Washed in the final butterfly figures. The Dulwich Fritillary is better known as the Glanville Fritillary, which has been spreading its distribution in Surrey in recent years.

May 2011 Review 2

The Next outing was to Denge Woodland, where Duke of Burgundy, Lady Orchid, White Helleborine, Large Skipper. We then went on to Park Gate Down for the Monkey Orchid, a very rare flower, confined to Kent and Oxfordshire.

May 2011 Review

The first of our reports for May. Oaken Wood was our first real butterfly walk of the year, with Wood White Butterfly, Greater Butterfly Orchid, Speckled Yellow Moth, Grizzled Skipper.

Review of the Year 2011

Hi all i wish you a Happy Christmas and New Year.

Its been a slack period for Butterflies and Orchids, I will be adding a review of 2011
in the next week or so will be something to look forward too.

I dont have any details of the Surrey Butterfly Walks for 2012 yet, will keep you posted.

Thanks
Martin

Chobham Common and Denbies Hillside

A quick visit to Chobham Common for the Grayling. A bonus of Sand Lizard. We stopped at Denbies Hillside on the return journey for Adonis Blue. A second brood Dingy Skipper was seen on the bottom trackway.

Chobham Common

Grayling

Sand Lizard

Dingy Skipper

Box Hill

A Dark Green Fritillary Butterfly was still around today at Box Hill Dukes, Autumn Ladies Tresses a small orchid were seen in two places on the slope. Silver Spotted Skippers were everywhere.

Female Dark Green Fritillary

Autumn Ladies Tresses

Silver Spotted Skipper

Vale End & Merrow Downs

A butterfly walk in dull conditions, although we did see 19 species of Butterfly.

 

Looking for Common Blues

Female Skipper egg-laying