Notes and Views - October 2015

[Vince Massimo]

UK brooded Long-tailed Blues are now emerging, but only in small numbers.
A fresh male was photographed at Beeding Cement Works, Sussex by Neil Hulme on 8th October.
Reported in Personal Diary viewtopic.php?f=29&t=4065&start=2160#p104745

Neil Hulme 8-Oct-2015

Two more fresh individuals (a male and a female) were seen by many at Beeding Cement Works on 25th October, but the female had been there since 23rd. A summarised report is in the UKB sightings forum
viewtopic.php?t=8609&start=20#p105099

Vince Massimo 25-Oct-2015

Later on 25th October Neil Hulme found two more fresh females near Lancing Railway Station, one of which was aberrant. Reported in Personal Diary viewtopic.php?f=29&t=4065&start=2180#p105123

Aberrant female 25-Oct-2015 (Neil Hulme)

On 26th Mark Colvin located a male at Newhaven, Sussex which was still there the following day.
Then on 27th Mark found a male and a (probable) female at Brighton Racecourse.
Reported on Mark Colvins Blog http://markcolvin.blogspot.co.uk/2015/1 ... g-man.html

On 28th Neil Hulme located a freshly emerged male with very short tails at Southwick, Shoreham.
Reported in his Personal Diary viewtopic.php?t=4065&start=2200#p105252

Neil Hulme 28-Oct-2015

On 31st October Neil Hulme located a fresh female at Brighton Racecourse.

Neil Hulme 31-Oct-2015

Reported in Personal Diary entry viewtopic.php?t=4065&start=2220#p105304


Long-tailed Blue sightings for November will continue to be reported in the October topic for the time being


On 1st November Mark Colvin found a fresh male at Brighton Racecourse. This is the first Sussex record of a sighting in November. A summarised report is in the UKB sightings forum viewtopic.php?t=8641&start=0#p105340

Vince Massimo 1-Nov-2015

Later that day Neil Hulme found a male at Lancing Station. Reported in Personal Diary together with a summary of the species viewtopic.php?t=4065&start=2220#p105378

A male Long-tailed Blue was then seen by Neil Hulme at Brighton Racecourse on 11th November. Reported in personal diary entry viewtopic.php?f=29&t=4065&start=2220#p105647



Vince

[Vince Massimo]

The report of possible Purple Hairstreak courtship behaviour in the Issue 4 of Notes and Views from an Italian source http://www.naturamediterraneo.com/forum ... _ID=238400
(via Michael Skelton) viewtopic.php?t=8464&start=0#p102153 has prompted some interesting additional observations.

The first from Jamie Burston suggests that it is actually aggressive behaviour viewtopic.php?t=8319&start=20#p104844
while Neil Freeman reminds us that he documented similar (aggressive) behaviour in a series of photos posted in his personal diary in 2014 viewtopic.php?f=29&t=5424&start=1100#p89071

Neil Freeman 29-July-2014

Vince

[Pete Eeles]

Third brood Holly Blue?

https://twitter.com/AndrewCoopera/statu ... 1599640576

Cheers,

- Pete

[Pete Eeles]

Very late Meadow Brown seen on 23rd October in Cornwall:

https://twitter.com/Kipperd7000/status/ ... 9829167104

Cheers,

- Pete

Another sighting (of a female) was made at Beeding cement works, West Sussex on 28th October, by Peter Farrant.
Reported on Sussex BC website under that date http://www.sussex-butterflies.org.uk/sightings.html

Vince

[Vince Massimo]

Very late Small Skipper sighting in Derbyshire on 2nd October.
Reported in East Midlands BC branch (Derbyshire) Update 38.
http://www.eastmidlands-butterflies.org ... s2015.html

Vince

[Vince Massimo]

Very late Dark Green Fritillaries seen at Birling Gap, East Sussex on 3rd October by UKB member John C
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=8620&p=104915#p104915

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[Vince Massimo]

Very late Common Blue on 31st October. This was a freshly emerged male at at Newhaven, Sussex

Theresa Lux 31-Oct-2015

Also seen were a mating pair of Clouded Yellows

Theresa Lux 31-Oct-2015

Reported by Theresa Lux on Sussex BC website http://www.sussex-butterflies.org.uk/sightings.html

Vince