The
Big Butterfly Count finished on 7 August, although records can still be submitted until the end of the month. We did a count on 6 August at
NT Oxburgh Hall, and you can see the results in the chart below.
We were particularly thrilled to see the Painted Ladies drawing nectar from the Heliotrope in the parterre garden.
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| NT Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk - parterre garden |
This is our list, but, of course, we continued to see other butterflies (which were not counted) after the allocated 15 minutes. The photos below the chart show a mix of the counted butterflies and the ones that escaped the survey.
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| Painted lady |
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| Brimstone in the flower border |
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| Plants on which to feast the eye |
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| A Comma in the wood |
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| These magnificent Large White larvae were feasting on the Nasturtiums |
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| Peacock on the Buddleia |
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| Gatekeeper, to match the wall |
We also saw a large moth, which I shall try to identify before posting its photo. Watch this space. I have posted it on iSpot, but think I have now worked out what it is ...
Beautiful gardens and photos. The 3 Butterfly Counts I did here in the garden were well down on previous years in both the species seen and the number of butterflies :( Saw a Painted Lady too at the weekend - my first of the year :)
ReplyDeletelovely photos of a lovely selection of butterflies.
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