Monks Walk, Frater Fields & Woods, Gosport. A brief one-hour wander to the sunniest spots of Monks Walk from 1215 saw the temperature stand at a startling 14.5 degrees Celsius! I was hoping to see at least one butterfly but probably for the first time ever recorded two on the last day of November. In the butterfly meadow I disturbed a Peacock which was lying low on very dewy grasses in the butterfly meadow; immediately it flew away but fortunately perched on a nearby tree. Then by the sea shore on the south-facing bank of the beck I found the Red Admiral. As it had found full sun it tolerated my photography. All in all, two species and a golf ball! Total: Peacock (1); Red Admiral (1) [Posted by Francis Plowman]
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| Peacock Photo © Francis Plowman | Red Admiral, prob female Photo © Francis Plowman |
Red Admiral in Bitterne. Red Admiral enjoying the sunshine in a spot sheltered from the wind.
(Also saw one on the Shoreburs Greenway yesterday) [Posted by Nic Burns]
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| Red Admiral Photo © Nic Burns |
Monks Walk, Frater Fields & Woods, Gosport. Just 45 minutes around one or two sunny areas (from 12:45, 8 deg C in full sun) and only one Red Admiral found and a distant and twitchy/flighty thing at that. Might have had more success around noon. [Posted by Francis Plowman]
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| Red Admiral Photo © Francis Plowman |
Painted Lady in my garden at Freshwater. A Painted Lady seen in my back garden at Freshwater today enjoying some sunshine. I disturbed its basking and it eventually fluttered over the fence into a neighbours garden. [Posted by Peter Hunt]
Painted Lady near Keyhaven. Very surprised to see a fresh Painted Lady between Milford-on-Sea and Keyhaven today - never encountered one this late in the year before. Earlier we had a brief sighting of a Red Admiral near Pennington Marshes. [Posted by Rupert & Sharron Broadway]
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| Painted Lady near Keyhaven Photo © Rupert & Sharron Broadway |
Monday morning sunshine at Miller's Pond!. Visited Miller's Pond LNR this morning and chanced upon a Red Admiral in a sheltered patch.
Then popped over to Mayfield Park and checked an area I had seen a quite tatty Red Admiral a week ago. I found again this morning along with 2 others! [Posted by Nic Burns]
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| Red Admiral - Miller's Pond Photo © Nic Burns | Red Admiral - still hanging around Photo © Nic Burns | Red Admiral - resting having been dog-fighting with the other two. Photo © Nic Burns |
Gosport - Broadway Co-op Wall. Under full sun, blue skies and a temperature around 12 degrees C at midday it was with the hope of finding a Red Admiral sunning itself that I walked to the local Co-op. There at the hole in the wall I promptly lost my bank card (swallowed whole) but was immediately compensated by the sight of a nearby Red Admiral! It was a toss-up between telephoning the bank or photographing the insect. No contest really was it? [Posted by Francis Plowman]
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| Red Admiral at the Co-op Photo © Francis Plowman |
Monks Walk, Gosport. A brief wander for an hour from 1pm realised sighting of just two Red Admiral. [Posted by Francis Plowman]
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| Photo © Francis Plowman |
Portsdown Hill (East). Today in autumn sunshine I walked the paths at the East end of Portsdown Hill immediately below Fort Widley. Here I saw a Speckled Wood in flight along with a Red Admiral feeding on Ivy blooms and another landing at rest on the path. Maybe my last sightings this season. [Posted by Roy Symonds]
Female Brimstone at Highland Water. Flying around Highland Water early afternoon. [Posted by Elaine Rice]
Speckled Wood & Red Admiral in Bitterne. More sunshine around Bitterne, happy days after all the grey ones we have been having, and on this morning's local walk I came across a Speckled Wood on Montgomery Road and yet another Red Admiral - this time in Hum Hole.
The Red Admiral was most entertaining to watch. It would settle on the path or up in one of the Rhodies and then shoot up every time a leaf came down. As there was plenty of breeze today it was up and down like a yoyo! [Posted by Nic Burns]
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| Speckled Wood Photo © Nic Burns | Red Admirals Photo © Nic Burns |
Cryophilic White larva at Great Fontley. Too cold for butterflies, but last of the army of Large White larvae that have demolished the Honesty clump still surviving the gloom. [Posted by Andrew Brookes]
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| Large White larvae on Honesty Photo © Andrew Brookes |
My latest Peacock recorded. Parked up at Chilling Barn at around 11:00 and did the circuit via Chilling Copse, Brownwich Farm and back along the Brownwich Cliffs coast path. There was a cool northerly breeze, so while the car had shown 13C, it felt colder in the less sheltered places.
Three Red Admirals were out in the sun and there were plenty of Large White caterpillars on the cabbages along the coast path. Surprise of the day came towards the end of the walk - a lovely Peacock (ab. diopthalmica) which is now my latest recording of this species to date. [Posted by Nic Burns]
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| Red Admiral Photo © Nic Burns | Large White caterpillars Photo © Nic Burns | Peacock ab. diopthalmica Photo © Nic Burns |
Red Admirals come out with the sun.. This morning saw the lifting of the anticyclonic gloom we have been experiencing and Southampton got lucky with a couple of hours of sun before the clouds closed in again around noon.
In Bitterne, even before the sun came out, there was a Red Admiral on the move by Spring Rd shops. At Mayfield Park I came across another warming up on a large stone (and a Ring-tailed Parakeet squeaking in the trees). And then on the way up Shoreburs Greenway there was a further Red Admiral on some bracken. [Posted by Nic Burns]
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| Red Admiral Photo © Nic Burns | Ring-necked Parakeet Photo © Nic Burns | Red Admiral Photo © Nic Burns |
Red Admiral sighting 08 Nov 24. A Red Admiral was seen purposefully migrating at tree top height at 12:00 today. Quite a surprise as there was no sunshine and the air temperature was around 9C! Visiting Lancs & Cumbria Branch member. Near Holybourne Grid Ref: SU725440 [Posted by Steven Graham]