It's well overdue for starting. This is the link to last years thread
Butterflies and Moths 2023
There haven't been a lot of butterflies around here this year so far. The earliest was a fresh Red Admiral on the 3rd of january
Since then I've seen a Speckled Wood & Peacock. There have been Brimstone's about but I haven't seen them. Plenty of time left in the year to go chasing butterflies.
Best wishes
Hazel in Southwest France
Many thanks for the new thread aitch, always good to see a beautiful Red Admiral ... I saw a darkish butterfly flitting around my garden yesterday but far too fast to ID
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr
The moths have been good so far this year. I have a rope hung between 2 bushes in the garden & every 3 days I soak it in a wine/sugar mix for a few hours. In the early evening I go out & take photos of any takers. Some moths like White-speck & Chestnut are there most nights & others just come & go.
Tawny Pinion on the 16th jan
Satellite on 25th jan.
A trap on the 29th jan included
Dotted Border
Small Eggar
Then in February had a nice southerly wind which brought in a rare miagrator (it came to the UK too at this time)
Silver-spotted Veneer & another new species for the garden, a little micro for Wendy
Spindle smudge
Thanks for looking & please share your photos of Moths & Butterflies
A nice start to the thread Noisette, missed your input last year, glad to see you back :o)
That's an early start Noisette, I have only seen one Butterfly this year and that was last week in the garden
She's a cheat Snappy, she lives in France lol
Ah
Not seen any butterflies this year yet, probably because of the lousy weather. But keep looking.
Thank you for starting us off - fingers crossed for a good year. I will be spending quite a bit of time away from the Island this year but will still be doing my transects when home. Haven't managed a trap yet this year due to the (insert string of your chosen expletives here) weather -
CinJ
Cin J
Germain said:(insert string of your chosen expletives here)
My keyboard is steaming just thinking of them!