Shipley Park Butterfly Transect
01st August 2014
In: News
Butterfly Transect - Shipley Park
For the last few years I have been walking a transect in Shipley Park (between Heanor and Ilkeston in Derbyshire) - the season runs from April until September so this year has just started.
Nothing sighted last week (6th April) but today 13th April was a lovely sunny warm afternoon so we walked the butterfly transect and saw the following butterflies:
Peacock 12
Orange Tip 5 (4 male and one female - the female was sat on a toothpaste tube believe it or not!)
Green Veined White 1
Comma 1
Brimstone 1
Will be adding the records since 2008 shortly and also more info on the butterfly transect itself - a link to the results from this recording scheme can be found here .
Update 27th April
Sunny and warmish day - slightly chill wind. We counted the following :
Peacock 5
Brimstone 4 (all female)
Green Veined White 4
Orange Tip 4
Speckled Wood 2 (first of the year)
Small White 2
Small Tortoiseshell 2 (also first of the year)
For the last few years I have been walking a transect in Shipley Park (between Heanor and Ilkeston in Derbyshire) - the season runs from April until September so this year has just started.
Nothing sighted last week (6th April) but today 13th April was a lovely sunny warm afternoon so we walked the butterfly transect and saw the following butterflies:
Peacock 12
Orange Tip 5 (4 male and one female - the female was sat on a toothpaste tube believe it or not!)
Green Veined White 1
Comma 1
Brimstone 1
Will be adding the records since 2008 shortly and also more info on the butterfly transect itself - a link to the results from this recording scheme can be found here .
Update 27th April
Sunny and warmish day - slightly chill wind. We counted the following :
Peacock 5
Brimstone 4 (all female)
Green Veined White 4
Orange Tip 4
Speckled Wood 2 (first of the year)
Small White 2
Small Tortoiseshell 2 (also first of the year)