This year numbers started building slowly after a very wet early spring. Then the very warm weather started in late May right through the summer with some very good numbers of butterflies seen. Towards the end of the season the grasses and wild flowers were dried out and had very Read more
The team have just finished recording butterflies for the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme on the Hyden Hill Butterfly Transect. This transect is walked once a week from the start of April until the end of September. See the main article on the butterfly monitoring, click on this link https://eastmeonnature.com/butterfly-monitoring/. The Read more
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 Monitoring Scheme. They are a massive disappointment, and reflect nationwide results this year. Attached are 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), in particular, to the fore. The blog picture shows an orange tip which has just 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 still manage to come out of shelter when the sun shines again. Viewed in the Read more
The weekly monitoring of butterflies for the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme on the Hyden Hill transect has just been completed for 2023. The numbers of butterflies were up nearly 300 on last years results.
It has been a difficult last half of the summer this year for butterflies. Most of the nectar plants have been dried out by the very high temperatures and lack of rain. Pamela Peacock managed to catch this freshly hatched red admiral recently, on what looks like ivy.
With the continuing hot and dry weather it has been a very good year for the wonderful silver-washed fritillary butterfly in East Meon, amongst many others butterfly species. This is a large and very decorative butterfly with a graceful swooping flight. This year they have been spotted in Hen Wood, Read more
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) Read more
Can you help with the Big Butterfly Count in 2021. Please go to the Big Butterfly Count website at https://bigbutterflycount.butterfly-conservation.org for more details.