tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post2551579436165130369..comments2023-12-22T11:51:38.762+01:00Comments on The story of our life returning to England from Braye-sous-Faye: STERF Butterfly Atlas Project June 2013Colin and Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15990185210945021818noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-73457729185071612013-06-28T18:08:07.961+02:002013-06-28T18:08:07.961+02:00Tim ps. An email just received from Luc Manil, pre...Tim ps. An email just received from Luc Manil, president ot Association des Lépidoptéristes de France (ALF), bears this out. It reads:<br />"juin a été clairement catastrophique, avec un retard de 2 à 4 semaines, une très faible abondance et une diversité très basse."<br />So there we have it from the horses mouth; not good!Colin and Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15990185210945021818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-31045782857710682072013-06-27T21:22:44.146+02:002013-06-27T21:22:44.146+02:00Last May's count (25/05/12) was very low numer...Last May's count (25/05/12) was very low numerically, though species-wise there was a wider variety in 2012 than 2013.<br /><br />In May 2012, we recorded 15 varieties, whereas today we found 8. <br /><br />The only butterflies which we recorded both in May 2012 and June 2013 are Small and Large White and Speckled Wood. Colin and Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15990185210945021818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-32236785720622743882013-06-27T19:15:29.388+02:002013-06-27T19:15:29.388+02:00That should read...
how do last May's figures ...<i>That should read...</i><br />how do last May's figures compare with this June's?Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-74878229199084413042013-06-27T19:14:03.983+02:002013-06-27T19:14:03.983+02:00I saw a Marbled White here today, Susan...
and we&...I saw a Marbled White here today, Susan...<br />and we've got a lot of Meadow Browns here... more than I've noticed before!<br /><br />Elizabeth, did you do a survey towards the end of May last year... <br />if so, how do the numbers compare then?<br /><br />Change in habits of Kestrel... chasing a baby Wren past our front door... <br />baby Wren jinked right, glanced of the door and hit the stone door "frame" head on...<br />it will get a burial under a squash, poor thing...<br />probably the Crown Prince.<br /><br />Everything seems to be looking further afield for food...<br />we had a Black Kite hunting/scavenging here today!Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-27688314063239634152013-06-27T18:33:22.781+02:002013-06-27T18:33:22.781+02:00I haven't seen a Marbled White at all this yea...I haven't seen a Marbled White at all this year so far, but today was proper butterfly weather, so I have no doubt they will be here soon. Plenty of Meadow Browns.<br /><br />My impression is that dragonflies are having a surprisingly good year, and the Beautiful Demoiselles especially. I had expected a lot of nymphs to be lost by being washed away, but it seems they have weathered the flow very well.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.com