As the weather warms and their food plants mature the local butterfly numbers are steadily increasing. EM Nature runs a regular butterfly transit (walk) that reports sitings to the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme, from 1 April to the end of September. Today, June 30, marbled whites (46) and ringlets (50) are doing particularly well.
Below are the final Hyden Hill Butterfly Transit results for 2024. These have been gathered by members of East Meon Nature, weekly from April 1st to September 28th 2024, on behalf of the UK Butterfly Read more…
The Hyden Hill Butterfly Transit Walk started on 1st April and will continue once a week to the end of September. This year there has been a positive start with Brimstone Butterflies (male and female), Read more…
It may be the mild autumn, or the strange weather year, but butterflies are still on the move. This is despite some very very heavy rain and thunderous showers. Despite this a number of butterflies Read more…