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Image Taken on 17 Apr 2022
at 15:12 Image of day on 17 May 2022
The first Speckled Wood Butterfly we have seen this year.
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Image Taken on 30 Apr 2019
at 11:07 Image of day on 31 May 2019
In a shaft of sunlight in the woodland, both a Speckled Wood Butterfly (in
remarkably good condition after over-wintering) and a small Spider (unidentified)
warm themselves on an otherwise chilly day.
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Image Taken on 03 Jun 2018
at 15:52 Image of day on 14 Jul 2018
We know the Speckled Wood butterfly so well, but only when perched with it's
wings open. So this one actually puzzled us for a while in a patch of dappled sunlight.
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Image Taken on 18 Jun 2017
at 15:40 Image of day on 10 Aug 2017
Speckled Wood butterflies like the edges of our woodland rather than the
areas of full sun or shade.
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Image Taken on 28 Aug 2017
at 13:13 Image of day on 15 Oct 2017
This Speckled Wood Butterfly was a fairly cooperative flyer. These are 3
different flights montaged together. The right view is of the 'top' of the wings
while the centre and left images are from below.
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Image Taken on 07 Sep 2012
at 14:08 Image of day on 23 Oct 2012
There are far fewer of these Speckled Wood Butterflies this year
than usual, but this one provided a couple of separate in-flight
portraits we decided to show as a single image.
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Image Taken on 01 May 2009
at 14:38 Image of day on 23 May 2009
In the last couple of years speckled wood butterflies have moved
from occasional sightings to the most common butterfly here.
Unfortunately the previous holder of that title - the Small
Tortoiseshell - is becoming a once in a while siting. Anyway,
this slightly tatty individual make a nice pic with lilac.
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Ref: 20090523_dc1_20090501_1438_078+1543_214 ft1 speckled wood butterfly in flight showing top of wing with lilac blossom (montage)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 22 Aug 2010
at 12:24 Image of day on 08 Oct 2010
This is a speckled wood - the dominant butterfly LAST year and
quite common this year.
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Image Taken on 22 Jun 2014
at 15:21 Image of day on 26 Aug 2014
In a patch of sunshine in the woodland where we have been seeing
them for year, we found a few freshly emerged Speckled Wood butterflies
(even if this one already has a bird peck).
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Ref: 20140826_da1_20140622_1521_368+1525_386_ft1 speckled wood butterfly in flight with cow parsley (montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 14 Jun 2023
at 15:21 Image of day on 09 Aug 2023
This Spring's dearth of Butterflies since the glut of Orange-tip Butterflies is rather alarming.
The only butterfly we see in more than one per hour is the Speckled Wood.
Here are a couple of photos taken in our refurbished insects-in-flight camera kit
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Image Taken on 07 Jul 2013
at 13:07 Image of day on 18 Aug 2013
Of the 3 speckled wood butterflies we tried to photograph in
flight, only this slightly damaged (possibly bird pecked)
individual was a really cooperative flyer.
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Ref: 20130818_da1_20130707_1307_022+1332_088_ft1 speckled wood butterfly in flight with thistle flower (montage)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 30 Jun 2009
at 17:46 Image of day on 02 Aug 2009
Speckled wood butterflies have been on the wing now for a couple
of months. This nice example landed in the only pool of sunlight near us.
Before that a more tatty example in flight from several weeks ago.
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Image Taken on 14 Sep 2008
at 09:48 Image of day on 30 Sep 2008
We have had huge numbers of Speckled wood butterflies this year
for what seems to have been the whole summer. First seen this
year 4 June 2008 - about 14 weeks so far.
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Image Taken on 20 Apr 2020
at 11:02 Image of day on 08 May 2020
The first sighting this year of a Speckled Wood Butterfly.
This by far the most numerous Butterfly here, and is about for many months.
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Image Taken on 26 Aug 2013
at 10:30 Image of day on 22 Oct 2013
The understated beauty of the Speckled Wood butterfly.
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Image Taken on 01 Sep 2013
at 10:58 Image of day on 29 Oct 2013
We saw this Speckled Wood butterfly fly down to water level for a drink.
To our eyes only about 8 metres away it was camouflaged so well
we needed a monocular or camera zoom to see it.
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Ref: 20131029_a77_20130901_1058_053 speckled wood butterfly on iris frond drinking from pond & brilliantly camouflaged (crop)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 02 Sep 2007
at 10:07 Image of day on 29 Sep 2007
Welcome annual return of what has become one of our regulars now
the wood is more established - a speckled wood, here sunbathing
on a willow leaf.
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Image Taken on 15 Jun 2019
at 10:25 Image of day on 01 Aug 2019
Walking along the edge of the Wheat crop we found this Speckled
Wood Butterfly perched on this Wheat stem.
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Image Taken on 18 Apr 2015
at 14:54 Image of day on 09 Jun 2015
Our first Speckled Wood Butterfly of the year.
They overwinter in Chrysalis form to emerge in Spring,
unlike Peacock, Tortoiseshell & Brimstone butterflies that
overwinter as adults, and can wake up very tatty and bleached.
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Image Taken on 15 Jun 2018
at 09:38 Image of day on 30 Jul 2018
A Speckled Wood Butterfly as we normally see them, wings at least partially open.
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