Notes and Views - September 2015

[Vince Massimo]

There were at least 6 confirmed Long-tailed Blue sightings in southern England in August and another was photographed at Dungeness, Kent on 1st September. Details are still awaited, but the initial report is here: viewtopic.php?t=8565&start=0#p103560

Two more were seen at an undisclosed site in Kent on 2nd September. Reported by Dave Brown in his personal diary
viewtopic.php?t=4108&start=400#p105689

Another sighting of a male in Bognor Regis, Sussex on 5th September by Joseph and Duncan Reavey. Reported on Sussex BC website http://www.sussex-butterflies.org.uk/sightings.html with photos. Another (possibly the same individual) was seen the following day very nearby.

A mating pair was photographed at an undisclosed site in Sussex by Neil Hulme and Butterflysaurus rex on 8th September. Reported on UKB personal diary entry viewtopic.php?f=29&t=7180&start=400#p103941

Two males were then photographed at Brighton racecourse in Sussex By Neil Hulme on 11th September. A comprehensive summary of Long-tailed Blue sightings in Sussex is provided by Neil viewtopic.php?t=4065&start=2120#p103939

On 19th September two fresh females (one photographed) were seen at a site near Newhaven, Sussex by Neil Hulme and others, signalling the anticipated emergence of a new brood (as predicted). viewtopic.php?t=4065&start=2140#p104179

Neil Hulme 19 September 2015

Long-tailed Blues now starting to emerge at other sites along the southern coast. A fresh male was seen by Steve Maskell in Dorset on 20th September. Reported on BC Dorset twitter feed and a Flickr site. https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevejm2009/21384592590/
Two were then seen in Kent on 23rd September. Reported by Maximus in UKB Personal Diary viewtopic.php?t=6813&start=800#p104369

Another butterfly was seen by Neil Hulme at Lancing on 26th September. Reported in Personal Diary viewtopic.php?t=8603&start=0#p104441





Vince

[Pete Eeles]

Essex Skipper range expansion:

viewtopic.php?f=54&t=8585#p104028

Cheers,

- Pete

[HarassedDad]

A second-brood Map has been reported in Norfolk. Seen at the entrance to Pentney Park caravan site (TF742141) on 28th September. The observer inquired at the park and a Dutch family in a camper van confirmed that they had found a black and white butterfly flying around their van the previous evening and had released it. So it seems that when confronted with anomalous records we need to consider camp sites as another possible source!