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 hatched and is solidifying its wings.
Brimstone
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…
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…
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.