Tag Archives: Butterfly

30 Days Wild – Day 7 – Butterflies

Posted on June 7, 2020 by Alex White - Appletonwild

In between the rain showers today there were long patches of sunshine that the butterflies took advantage of. Along one hedgerow and down into the flower meadow I came across these few species of butterfly.  

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Garden wildlife – Part 2 Peacock butterfly

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Alex White - Appletonwild

The temperature hit 13 degrees celsius afternoon and a few butterflies were out and about. Firstly, a Brimstone flew over the garden. Around 3pm a Comma butterfly fluttered around but didn’t settle, then in floated this Peacock butterfly, which settled … Continue reading →

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Second Butterfly count

Posted on July 25, 2019 by Alex White - Appletonwild

Second butterfly count was at Bernwood forest.  1pm. Temperature was 31 degrees, sunshine Bernwood Forest has its own Butterfly trail and occasionally sightings of the Purple Emperor. Unfortunately we didn’t spot one of those, but did see: 13  x Silver … Continue reading →

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Big Butterfly Count number one

Posted on July 22, 2019 by Alex White - Appletonwild

Each year Butterfly Conservation run the Big Butterfly Count. The idea is to count the butterflies you can see from a fixed position for 15 minutes, then submit your sightings. The first Big Butterfly Count of this year was quite … Continue reading →

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Guided butterfly walk

Posted on July 8, 2018 by Alex White - Appletonwild

Over the weekend I was lucky enough to be invited to help out on one of Richard Lewington’s guided butterfly walks. Richard is not only fantastic at spotting and identifying butterflies but illustrating them as well. Check out his website http://www.richardlewington.co.uk/ … Continue reading →

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Day 23 of 30 Days Wild – Revision in the garden

Posted on June 23, 2018 by Alex White - Appletonwild

My end of year exams start on Monday, so a lot of time has been taken up revising. I’m not sure revising out in the garden is the best idea for me as I keep getting distracted by all the … Continue reading →

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Day 14 of 30 Days Wild – insects

Posted on June 14, 2018 by Alex White - Appletonwild

For Day 14 of 30 Days Wild I made a short film clip of the insects in my garden  

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Winter again

Posted on March 18, 2018 by Alex White - Appletonwild

After seeing my first Brimstone Butterfly of the year on Friday my local patch seems to have returned to winter this weekend. I do wonder how all the butterflies, bees, other insects and plants which started to emerge in the … Continue reading →

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Attachment issues

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Alex White - Appletonwild

One thing that I find difficult to do while enjoying wildlife is not get emotionally attached. If you have been following my blog for long enough now you will know that I do get emotionally attached and that when something … Continue reading →

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Ivy at the end of October

Posted on October 26, 2017 by Alex White - Appletonwild

As I look out of the window today, a blanket of grey cloud covers the sky and it has drizzled with rain non stop since I got up this morning. Totally different from yesterday. Yesterday the sun shone all day … Continue reading →

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