The Lincolnshire Bird Club

The July emergence of fresh Peacock adults has now started. I had several at Bedford Purlieus yesterday and today they appeared in the garden on Buddleia. They will hibernate in due course and reappear next Spring to mate and breed, with the next generation appearing in July........so the annual cycle continues, with the adult living for up to 11 months.(That compares very favourably, say, with the Black Hairstreak adult's span of some 2 weeks!)

Freddy

Same in my garden Freddy.

Nowt here.

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GETTING OLD HAS IT'S ADVANTAGES BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THEY ARE lol

5 peacocks 2 commas 12 red ads 2 small torts 5 green veined whites, on my Buddleia
adjacent Theddlethorpe dunes, Fri afternoon.

regards John

That's a great Buddleia list, John, and it seems to highlight current trends for two butterflies :

Painted Lady - not so many about this July.

Red Admiral - very good numbers this year.

In addition :
Gatekeeper - few and far between in my garden this July, whereas in a 'good' year I've had days with over 20 thronging the Marjoram. I wonder if Max (JohnTG) has had this special visitor so far this year?

Freddy

One Gatekeeper in our garden today, plus a few Peacocks and good numbers of Red Admiral.

Roy