A painted lady butterfly on Gunton warren was the only sign of any migration, along with a supporting cast of Silver Y moth. Very thin birdwise apart from a decent north passage of swallow and 5+ whitethroat for the BBS. A green hairstreak was welcome.

18/5/24 SWT Carlton Marshes Butterfly Transects 1 to 9
Wall Brown 13 (10m +3f),Red Admiral 6,Peacock 5,Small White 5,Holly Blue 4,Green Hairstreak 2,Large White 1. Also 1 Wall Brown (m) off transect lines recorded. Suffolk Wildlife Trust North East Reserves SuffolkWildlifeTrust BC Suffolk Branch SWT Carlton Marshes

18/5/24 SWT Carlton Marshes finally managed to find Green Hairstreak while doing transects,good to find 1 even better to find actually 2 Suffolk Wildlife Trust North East Reserves SuffolkWildlifeTrust SWT Carlton Marshes BC Suffolk Branch

18/5/24 SWT Carlton Marshes, it has been a Wall Brown day today 13 recorded on Transects and 1 off transects.Makes me happy when I get numbers like that, especially 1st Generation Walls. Will post full results later Suffolk Wildlife Trust North East Reserves SuffolkWildlifeTrust BC Suffolk Branch SWT Carlton Marshes

From Landguard, Eyed Hawkmoth is infrequently with us as it lives mostly on willows, sallows and apple trees.

Martin Warren BC Dorset 🦋 I was thinking the same thing. A sudden explosion a few weeks ago, then two weeks of rain, and now, virtually none. A few whites and speckled woods, but little else. The bramble flowers aren't out here yet either (Yeovil area). I guess we just have to wait and hope.

Orange-tip caterpillar found on the garlic mustard I’m keeping an eye on whilst house- and dog-sitting in Cambridgeshire, and more eggs located this morning.
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Verges are sown by local authorities. A very good developpement.

Lots of #butterfly activity yesterday first small heath , red admiral, speckled wood , plenty of all the normals and some peacock brood .BC Suffolk Branch Robert Quadling🦋 Mark Nowers Butterfly Conservation 🦋 The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust Suffolk Wildlife Trust North East Reserves Ross Piper UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme

Looks like it's going to be an early year for many midsummer butterflies. A freshly emerged Large Skipper in S Glos today (I found the vacated pupal case!) - my 2nd earliest LS ever, after 14/5/2011. Oddly, it's female (males usually are 1st). Richard Fox

Dan Brown Migrant Lepidoptera RSPB Scotland Found the post on FB. Screen shot attached…left the persons name off for their privacy just in case.

Well it had to happen, despite informing Mid Suffolk District Council about up to 30 pairs of red-listed Skylarks and 3 Yellow Wagtails are holding territory and nesting on #Gateway14 fields, someone has been and pulled the ground up doubtless destroying many nests.

Master of all it surveys (from a flower head of Bur-medick). Glyphipterix simpliciella aka the Cock's-foot moth. #moths

17/5/24 SWT Carlton Marshes Butterfly Transects 10 to 13 . Holly Blue 4 (m),Red Admiral 3,Speckled Wood 1,Orange Tip 1 (f),G/V/W 1,Peacock 1,Wall Brown 1 (m). Off transects recorded another Wall Brown 1 (m). Suffolk Wildlife Trust North East Reserves SuffolkWildlifeTrust SWT Carlton Marshes BC Suffolk Branch

From Landguard, First Common Marbled Carpet of the year, a species that has declined here in recent times.

Apparently seen at Holland Haven. Definitely a continental I would say.
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Is it just me or is there a dearth of butterflies this year? Nice day today in mid Dorset, but just the odd Brimstone, Peacock, Orange-tip, Green-veined White. I saw more Dukes than anything else!! And they are always in small numbers! BC Dorset 🦋

First time I’ve ever had 3 day flying moths in the garden at the same time Mother Shipton, Latticed Heath and a Silver Y