SWALLOWTAILS (PAILIONIDAE)
Scarce Swallowtail Iphiclides podalirius - A brief view of one at the Parc del Garaf in NE Spain on 22nd February 2020 - sadly too quick for a photo.
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WHITES (PIERIDAE)
Large White Pieris brassicae - Recorded here in the garden and at the meadows between 5th July and 14th September 2019 and between 15th May and 30th September 2020. Also at Foxley Wood and Thompson Common.
Small White Pieris rapae - Recorded here in the garden and at the meadows between 5th July and 14th September 2019 and then (in relatively small numbers) between 20th May and 24th August 2020. Also at a couple of other sites locally and at Llobregat Delta (NE Spain) on 22nd February 2020. There are always a few white butterflies that aren't seen well enough to determine and with the late start in 2019 I imagine I must have overlooked some on earlier dates - having said that, butterflies in general were few and far between at my main study site prior to when these began to appear.
Small White, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 29th July 2019
Small White, Llobregat Delta (Spain), 22nd February 2020
Green-vined White Artogeia napi - Recorded here in the garden and at the meadows between 30th March and 2nd May 2019 and between 5th July and15th August 2019 then between 24th April and 8th May 2020 and between 4th July and 16th September 2020. Also recorded on Mull on 10th and 12th June 2019 and in Spain on 22nd February 2020.
Green-veined White, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 19th July 2019
Green-veined White, Gava Mar (Spain), 22nd February 2020
Green-veined White, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 20th July 2020
Green-veined White, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 16th September 2020
Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines - Recorded locally between 19th April and 25th May 2019 and between 4th April and 15th May 2020. The majority were from the Cathedral Meadows but a handful in my garden and elsewhere.
male and female Orange-tips, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 26th April 2019
Clouded Yellow Colias crocea - None. I'm yet to record this species in the North Elmham area but should imagine I've got a good chance of finding it at the meadows in a good year. I saw several in the Beetley/Bittering area in 2013 and I'm sure I would have found them round here had I been watching the area back then.
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni - Mostly recorded in early spring between 22nd February and 25th May 2019, here, at the meadows and at 2-3 other sites. Also one here on 23rd August.
Brimstone, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 29th March 2019
Cleopatra Gonepteryx cleopatra - One in the Llobregat Delta (Spain) on 22nd February 2020.
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HAIRSTREAKS, COPPERS and BLUES (LYCAENIDAE)
Purple Hairstreak Quercusia quercus - After a good year in 2018 I looked hard (well, ok, not all that hard, but I looked) for these along the railway at the bottom of the meadows in 2019 but only managed to see a single individual, on 29th July. None here at all in 2020 but 4 at Foxley Wood on 10th July and 2 there next day.
Purple Hairstreak, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 29th July 2019
Purple Hairstreak, Foxley Wood, 10th July 2020
White-letter Hairstreak Satyrium w-album - None. I really must make a concerted effort to see this species one of these days as it must be the most glaring gap on my list of species recorded - not just butterflies but all taxa. OK, there are much commoner species missing among taxa like spiders that I've not paid much attention to, and even among taxa like bugs with which I've been making a fair bit of effort in recent years, but for group that I've been interested in and looking at and for pretty much my entire life this is a gap that's a little bit embarrassing! I have looked for it at several known sites around Norfolk over the years but I clearly need to put in a bit more effort.
Green Hairstreak Callophrys rubi - No confirmed records locally (or indeed anywhere in Norfolk) although I did get a frustrating glimpse of what I think was this species at the meadows one day. On Mull at least 3 at Glen More and 2 west of Tiroran on 10th June 2019.
Green Hairstreak, Glen More (Mull), 10th June 2019
Green Hairstreak, west of Tiroran (Mull), 10th June 2019
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas - In 2018 I only recorded this species at the meadows in August and September but in 2019 it was the other way round with 1-3 on 3 dates between 30th April and 25th May and none later in the summer. 2020 was back to summer only, with records between 10th July and 11th September. Also one near Carsaig (Mull) on 10th June 2019.
Small Copper, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 30th April 2019
Small Copper, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 10th July 2020
Small Copper, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 20th July 2020
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus - In 2019 recorded between 18th April and 23rd May and again between 23rd July and 17th August. Most records from the meadows (max 5 on 26th April) but also several from my garden and in Norwich. In 2020 recorded here and at the meadows between 10th April and 20th May and between 3rd July and 23rd August (during which period also at Foxley Wood and Thompson Common). Also at Gava Mar in NE Spain on 22nd February 2020.
Holly Blue, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 26th April 2019
Holly Blue, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 15th May 2019
Holly Blue, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 15th May 2020
Brown Argus Aricia agestis - Recorded at the meadows on 25th May and 24th June 2019 and 20th July 2020 (2); also 2 at Foxley Wood on 17th August 2019.
Brown Argus, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 25th May 2019
Brown Arguses, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 20th July 2020
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus - Recorded at the meadows between 22nd May and 15th August 2019 and between 20th July and 12th August 2020; also on Mull and at Foxley Wood and Thompson Common.
Common Blue, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 21st June 2019
Common Blue, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 3rd August 2019
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