BCNI Event - Co. Fermanagh, Sat 5th June


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.HTM)

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/?qs=bt63+5dq&countryCode=GB#map=54.34846,-7.64919|18|4&bd=useful_information&loc=GB:54.34899:-7.6493:18|bt63%205dq| for meeting place which is on the right (north) side of "Lough Shore Road" leading west from Enniskillen to Portora School, which lies on a hill to the right somewhat beyond the Round O Quay.

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