Hertfordshire & Middlesex Branch
Saving butterflies, moths and our environment
Waterford south pit. One Grizzled Skipper along the escarpment on the east side, briefly in a sunny spell mid afternoon. [Posted by Laurence Drummond]
Planned walk at 10.30 am Incombe Hole in Buckinghamshire either 8th or 9th May. After successful walk last year at Incombe Hole last year where we saw 15 species including Duke of Burgundy, Grizzed Skipper and Dingy skipper etc and many moths. The Dukes are 2 weeks earlier than last year so have decided to move it forward. Will confirm details nearer the time when surer on weather etc. Will ask you to advise me if you are interested in coming. Steve Kiln mobile 07920-482111. I will be there on date chosen. [Posted by steve kiln]
Brimstone, Brimstone Moth, Green-veined White, Large White, Orange-tip, Peacock, Silver Y, Small White & Speckled Wood at Enfield & Trent Park. Amended sightings for Tuesday 30th April 2024 - Brimstone, Brimstone Moth, Green-veined White, Large White, Orange-tip, Peacock, Silver Y, Small White & Speckled Wood - male Brimstone, 6 Green-veined White, male Large White [FOY], 2 Peacock, 1 Silver Y [FOY], 2 Small White & 1 Speckled Wood at private sites near Trent Park. At Trent Park - 2 Green-veined White, 2 male Orange-tip, 2 Peacock & 1 Speckled Wood at Trent Park. 1 Brimstone Moth at ASDA Southgate [FOY] [Posted by Robert Mark Callf]
Green-veined White, Orange-tip, Peacock & Speckled Wood at Enfield & Trent Park. 2 Green-veined White & 2 Peacock at a private site near Trent Park. At Trent Park - 5 Green-veined White, male Orange-tip edge of Icehouse Wd, 1 Peacock near Ride Wd, 1 Speckled Wood at Moat Wd. 1 Speckled Wood at South Lodge Crescent. [Posted by Robert Mark Callf]
Brimstone, Comma, Common Carpet, Green-veined White, Orange-tip, Peacock & Speckled Wood at Enfield & Trent Park. Enfield 'private sites' - male Brimstone, 2 Green-veined White, 2 male Orange-tip, 1 Peacock & 1 Speckled Wood. At Trent Park - male Brimstone, 1 Comma edge of Shaws Wd, 1 Common Carpet edge of Shaws Wd, 2 Green-veined White, 3 male Orange-tip & 5 Peacock [Posted by Robert Mark Callf]
Grizzled Skipper at Waterford Heath. Went up to Waterford Heath this morning. Starting at 11:25 (edited); I walked around the north pit first trying to find sheltered sunny locations and at 12:00 I saw something move and it was my first 2024 Grizzled Skipper (just north of the pond). I continued around the north pit, then onto the south pit, finishing just before 15:00 with no further sightings. I did have to wait for the cloud cover to move through at times but the conditions were good. There were a few fast flying whites, Orange-tips and Peacocks but little else! Photo is a record shot! [Posted by Liz Goodyear]
Early morning Orange-tip. The female Orange-tip is still roosting in my Ware garden this morning on Garlic Mustard! [Posted by Liz Goodyear]
Butterflies on Therfield Heath. Orange Tip (5), Large White (2), Green-veined White (4), Speckled Wood (1), Peacock (2), Small Tortoiseshell (1), Comma (1). Most seen in sheltered locations in Jubilee Wood, the rest on Church Hill. Daytime temperature 12C but sunny. [Posted by Martin Johnson]
Garden butterflies. In my Ware garden, during a moment of sunshine and warmth, 1 female Orange-tip and 2 Small Whites were active. Edited to say that later the Orange-tip was now roosting on Garlic Mustard whilst it rains! [Posted by Liz Goodyear]
Green-veined White, Small White & Speckled Wood at Enfield & Trent Park. 3 Green-veined White, 5 Small White & 1 Speckled Wood at private sites near Trent Park, 2 Green-veined White pr copulating near Ride Wd/Trent Park. [Posted by Robert Mark Callf]
White Letter Hairstreak larva. 23 White Letter Hairstreak larvae found on Hampstead Heath using a uv torch. [Posted by Rohan Harris]
Orange-tip, Peacock, Small White & Speckled Wood at Enfield & Trent Park. Male Orange-tip edge of Williams Wd/Trent Park, 1 Peacock edge of Rough Lot/Trent Park, 5 Small White [3, 2 males & 1 female at a private site near Trent Park & a pair edge of Williams Wd/Trent Park], 2 Speckled Wood [1 at a private site near Trent Park & 1 at Shaws Wd/Trent Park]. [Posted by Robert Mark Callf]
Green-veined White, Peacock & Small White at Enfield & Trent Park. 1 Green-veined White & 1 Small White at a private site near Trent Park, 1 Green-veined White at Hadley Rd/Enfield, 1 Peacock edge of Rough Lot/Trent Park. [Posted by Robert Mark Callf]
Hummingbird Hawk-moth, Silver Y and a variety of butterflies in Pirton nr Hitchin. 1 Hummingbird Hawk-moth (video capture), 1 Silver Y, 10+ Peacock, 10+ Green-veined White, 4 Speckled Wood, 3 Orange-tip (male), 3 Holly Blue (male) & 1 Small Tortoiseshell [Posted by Julia Hawkins]
Garden Capet, Green-veined White, Orange-tip, Peacock, Red Admiral, Speckled Wood & Tawny-barred Angle at Enfield & Trent Park. 1 Garden Carpet at a private site near Trent Park [FOY], 3 Green-veined White [1 at Hadley Road, 1 near Water Garden/Trent Park & 1 at a private site near Trent Park], 2 male Orange-tip at Trent Park [1 near Obelisk, 1 along Leeging Beech Gutter near 'Three Bridges'], 5 Peacock [2 at a private site near Trent Park, 2 at two private sites near Trent Park, 1 near Ride Wd/Trent Park], 1 Red Admiral near Ride Wd/Trent Park, 3 Speckled Wood [1 at a private site near Trent Park & another one at a different private site near Trent Park, 1 at Rough Lot/Trent Park], 1 Tawny-barred Angle settled in grass at a private site near Trent Park - my first record of this species. [Posted by Robert Mark Callf]
Green-veined White, Orange-tip, Peacock, Small White & Speckled Wood at Enfield. 4 Speckled Wood [1 at a private site near Trent Park & 3 at another private site near Trent Park], 3+ Green-veined White[1 at private site near Trent Park, 2 along 'Jubilee Path' near Little Beechill Wd/Enfield Chase], 1 Peacock along 'Jubilee Path' near Little Beechill Wd/Enfield Chase, also here, male Orange-tip & 1 Small White. [Posted by Robert Mark Callf]
Speckled Wood at Southgate. 1 Speckled Wood settled with wings closed on wall near outside light at ASDA Southgate this afternoon. I have seen this species in this situation before. [Posted by Robert Mark Callf]
Brown Hairstreak larva. Larva of one of the six hatched Brown Hairstreak eggs found on Hampstead Heath fluorescing under black light. [Posted by Rohan Harris]
Cassiobury Park and Whippendell Woods. Rick and myself had a long walk through Cassiobury Park and Whippendell Woods. A speckled Wood was sighted on route along Merton Road. Walking through Cassiobury Park we spotted 5 Orange-tip, 2 Brimstone, 1 Holly Blue, 6 Peacock, 2 Speckled Wood with another along the perimeter of the golf course, 3 Comma and 3 unidentified Whites. Whippendell Woods 1Green-Veined White, 9 Orange-tip, 13 Peacock, 2 Comma, 2 Brimstone. We didn't reach Whippendell Woods until 3pm and suspect we would of seen much more if we had. [Posted by Peter Fewell]
Angle Shades, Brimstone, Green-veined White, Orange-tip, Peacock & Small Tortoiseshell at Trent Park. 2 male Brimstone, 6 Green-veined White including a pair mating at Water Garden, 4 Orange-tip [3 males & 1 female], 2 Peacock & 1 Small Tortoiseshell along Leeging Beech Gutter near Water Garden/Trent Park, 1 Angle Shades along Leeging Beech Gutter near 'Three Bridges' Trent Park [FOY]. [Posted by Robert Mark Callf]