Northern Ireland Branch of Butterfly Conservation are holding an event in Co, Fermanagh on Saturday 5th June 2010. Details are shown below (from http://www.bcni.org.uk/Main.
| Saturday, 5th June 2010 |
| West Fermanagh (H227445) |
Meet at Round 'O' Quay, Brook Park, Enniskillen at 11:00am.
This
event will be a butterfly safari around sites in west Fermanagh,
target
species being the Dingy Skipper, the endangered Marsh Fritillary
butterfly
and Narrow Bordered Bee Hawk-moth, all Northern Ireland priority
species.
See http://www.multimap.com/maps/?
To give a
bit more detail, if the weather is
favourable (which of course cannot be guaranteed), we may see a
good
selection of the following species.
BUTTERFLIES: Dingy Skipper; Real's Wood
White;
Green-veined White; Orange-tip; Green Hairstreak; Small Copper; possibly
Common
Blue (which has already been seen in Co. Antrim, well ahead of its
normal
appearance); Peacock; Marsh Fritillary; Speckled Wood; Small Heath and
perhaps 1
or 2 other resident and even migrant species (though so far I know of
only 1 Red
Admiral and no Painted Ladies in 2010 in Northern Ireland).
MOTHS: Six-spot Burnet, Emperor; Common
Heath;
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth; Cinnabar; Small Purple-barred, Mother
Shipton,
Burnet Companion (macros), Irish Plume moth (micro), etc.
Thanks to Ian Rippey for this update |
