Hertfordshire & Middlesex Branch
Saving butterflies, moths and our environment
Brown Hairstreak. A further ten Brown Hairstreak eggs found at Northwick Park. [Posted by Rohan Harris]
Brimstones on the move. At 11:30 and despite being mild; although not that sunny, two male Brimstones were seen to almost simultaneously fly across my Ware garden - heading for my nearby flowering blackthorn. There is a lot of ivy in the gardens and I suspect they had either been roosting or hibernating there. Also later a Peacock was seen. [Posted by Liz Goodyear]
Small Tortoiseshell. A Small Tortoiseshell in my Royston Garden today. Surprisingly late for a first branch report. Also a Peacock out on Therfield Heath [Posted by Nick Keep]
Orange/Light Orange Underwing at Enfield. 3 Orange/Light Orange Underwing together in flight at private site near Trent Park this afternoon at 1541 GMT. [Posted by Robert Mark Callf]
Brown Hairstreak. A Brown Hairstreak egg found at Neasden Recreation Ground to the south of Brent Reservoir. At Regents Park two eggs found. [Posted by Rohan Harris]
Speckled Wood. Seen at Abbots Langley 1130 am [Posted by Clive Burrows]
Comma & Peacock at Trent Park. 1 Comma settled in bracken clearing SW edge of Rough Lot at 1200 GMT & 1 Peacock along Leeging Beech Gutter near Water Garden at 1234 GMT. [Posted by Robert Mark Callf]
Peacock at Trent Park. 1 Peacock along SW edge of Rough Lot/Trent Park this afternoon at 1225 GMT [Posted by Robert Mark Callf]
Rickmansworth. Brimstone adj UP tube line at stn 1248hrs - my first butterfly of 2024 [Posted by T. M. Mylett]
Brown Hairstreak. Brown Hairstreak egg found at new location on Hampstead Heath. [Posted by Rohan Harris]
Brimstone at Oakwood. Reported sighting of a Brimstone at Oakwood Station this afternoon at 1315 GMT by Eugene Dillon-Hooper. [Posted by Robert Mark Callf]
Peacock at Enfield. 3 Peacock at Enfield - two together on private land & one at Enfield Road near Jolly Farmers PH. [Posted by Robert Mark Callf]
The official end of winter. Three male Brimstone butterflies flew through our Harpenden garden this afternoon, even though there was little sun and the temperature was only 14C. We always regard this uplifting annual event as marking the end of winter and will be getting the fizz out tonight (the overnight arrival of three Chiffchaffs in a nearby wood confirmed the arrival of spring). [Posted by Alan Jackson]
More Brown Hairstreak eggs and my first butterflies of the year!. I visited Hatton Fields close to Heathrow Airport today as the area of fields including Hatton Fields is constantly under threat of development! Despite far from ideal egg searching conditions (buds, flowers, fire damage, and bright sunshine) I found 3 Brown Hairstreak eggs along a extensive hedgeline of blackthorn/prunus. I also saw my first butterflies of this year - midway along the footpath 1 Peacock and 1 Brimstone. Further along and close to the last egg which was in a different 2km square another Peacock and Brimstone. [Posted by Liz Goodyear]
A Comma at Chells Manor and a Peacock by Broxdell Allotments, both Stevenage. A Comma at Chells Manor and a Peacock by Broxdell Allotments, both Stevenage [Posted by Andrew Wood]
Landscapes for lepidoptera. The recording of last night's BC Surrey & SW London, Zoom presentation by SE Regional Officer, Steven Lofting, is now available on YouTube . Here Steven explains the processes involved with working on Landscape projects to save threatened butterfly and moth species. [Posted by Liz Goodyear]
Oak Beauty at Southgate Circus. Oak Beauty on wall near outside light at ASDA Southgate this afternoon. [Posted by Robert Mark Callf]
Brown Hairstreak. One Brown Hairstreak egg found at Bentley Park Nature Reserve [Posted by Rohan Harris]
Brown Hairstreak. Two Brown Hairstreak eggs found in different areas of Regents Park [Posted by Rohan Harris]
Comma at Trent Park. 1 Comma basking on log near Triangular Wd/Trent Park [TQ288965] at 1151 GMT. [Posted by Robert Mark Callf]