Dear All
I saw at least 2 Real's Wood Whites at Craigavon Lakes, Co. Armagh, this afternoon (30th April). This is 1 day earlier than the first Northern Ireland sighting of 2009 (at the same site, when 1 was seen by Ted Rolston). Both were in a sheltered area near some trees although I covered a fair bit of more open ground also. These are as far as know the first Real Wood Whites of 2010 in Northern Ireland, although
Other butterfly species seen today:
Holly Blue: 1 female in my garden at
Portadown, and 1 around a Holly Tree at Cargans near Tandragee, Co.
Armagh
(latter a new site I believe although it has been seen at at least 3
other sites
within a mile or two).
Small White: At least 1 identified out
of about 5
white butterflies proably all this species in a field of yellow
Crucifers at
Cargans. The first of this species I have seen in 2010.
Peacock: 1 in a field beside the River
at
Cargans.
Speckled Wood: About 6 at Cargans; the
first I have
seen of this species in 2010. Surprisingly none seen at Craigavon
Lakes.
Orange-tip: 3 males and a female at
Cargans and 2
males and a female at Craigavon Lakes. The first females I have seen so
far.
Green-veined White: 5-6 at Cargans and
2-3 at
Craigavon Lakes.
IAN RIPPEY 30.4.2010
For up-to-date sightings and information on butterflies in Northern Ireland visit the Butterfly Conservation Northern Ireland website:
www.bcni.org.uk
For up-to-date sightings and information on butterflies in Northern Ireland visit the Butterfly Conservation Northern Ireland website:
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