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I'm intrigued by the spotting out in the North Sea and in the Atlantic North-west of Ireland
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Yes very strange, the one in the channel could be on one of the Channel Islands, great places for wild life.
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Alan, the North Sea ones will be oil, gas, or wind installations.
Could the Atlantic one be Rockall?
Could the Atlantic one be Rockall?
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peter wrote:Could the Atlantic one be Rockall?
Could be, Peter, but I bet there's rockall butterflies there
And one wonders who's recording them
Incidentally, if you look at the current results map, you'll see another "island" has appeared
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And then, if you zoom out on the results map, you'll find sightings from all sorts of places worldwide
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The onein the sea will be the Red Admiral, of course.
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Ahoy there sailorboy, I commodore you to not try and gull him, he'll leave no stone un-terned to wrack his HMS Revenge.
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The other one in the sea is doing the butterfly stroke.
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back to butterflies - I had an update to say that peacock butterflies are down by a third this year, is it the wet weather?
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Absolutely loads of Peacock butterflies on our allotment site this morning
Those and a few Red Admirals.
Those and a few Red Admirals.
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It's not only Big Butterfly Count that goes in for creative mapping.
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Hi Geoff, ROTFL... with the two eyes at the top it looks like some demented creature that cut itself shaving
PJ That could be because the reserve has co opted farmers around there to plant more willdflowers in preparation for the reintroduction of the short haired bumble bee from australia, perhaps that is also helping the butterflies.
Did you register them? Careful now don't park them in the sea, giggles.
PJ That could be because the reserve has co opted farmers around there to plant more willdflowers in preparation for the reintroduction of the short haired bumble bee from australia, perhaps that is also helping the butterflies.
Did you register them? Careful now don't park them in the sea, giggles.
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Hi NB,
We also have a wildlife garden and pond on the allotment site which helps
I have added the count to the BBC
We also have a wildlife garden and pond on the allotment site which helps
I have added the count to the BBC
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Does it help with the slug problem having a pond PJ ?
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Nature's Babe wrote:Does it help with the slug problem having a pond PJ ?
Not noticeably NB.
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