18,000 flew past Scolt Head Island in Norfolk the other day while 3,000 per hour arrived at Portland Bill. The Painted Lady influx into the UK is the greatest event ever of its kind and may be one of the natural events of the decade. A field of thistles in Sussex held 1,300 egg laying Vanessids lifting up in clouds to delight an observer...
Up here however, my photo, above, is of 50% of the influx on to the Howick Patch. Both of them were along the path in the Pond Field....
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Your infux of Painted Ladies was twice the size of mine then Stewart! I had one feeding on Buddleia on 28th May, but haven't seen any since then. Brian.
omg, how exciting that must have been to see. I just can't imagine it.
I saw a few painted ladies at harwood but forgot to mention them on the blog. There were also a few chimney sweepers along the roadside but Latticed heath were in their hundreds.
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