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Sharpenhoe Clappers Nature Reserve
Ivinghoe Beacon Nature Reserve
Tugley Wood Nature Reserve
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About 2cm across. Very hard to follow but well worth it as they are not that common.
There is also a Dingy Skipper in one of the Nymphalidae -> Marsh Fritillary photos.
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25th May 2006 - Same Butterfly (Left) Sharpenhoe Clappers Nature Reserve |
25th May 2006 Ivinghoe Beacon Nature Reserve |
2nd June 2006 - Same Butterfly Tugley Wood Nature Reserve |
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21st April 2007 Ivinghoe Beacon Nature Reserve |
28th April 2007 Ivinghoe Beacon Nature Reserve |
28th April 2007 - Same butterflies (Mating Pair) Ivinghoe Beacon Nature Reserve |
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31st May 2008 Seven Barrows |
About 1cm long. These look just like Small Skippers, except for their antennae tips which are a darker glossy black colour and sometimes there are additional veins on the forewings and the rear end sometimes looks less well defined.
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11th July 2003 Stockley Park |
6th July 2004 Stockley Park |
7th July 2005 - Female. Barnhill |
7th July 2005 - Female. Barnhill |
28th June 2007 - Same Butterfly (Female). Park Wood |
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1st July 2007 - Female. Horsenden Hill |
9th July 2007 - Male. Horsenden Hill |
14th July 2007 - Female. Sharpenhoe Clappers |
14th July 2007 Sharpenhoe Clappers |
5th August 2007 Blakeney |
About 2cm across. Very hard to follow but well worth it as they are not that common.
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10th May 2006 Bison Hill Nature Reserve |
14th May 2006 Aldbury Nowers Nature Reserve |
2nd June 2006 Tugley Wood Nature Reserve |
2nd June 2006 Tugley Wood Nature Reserve |
2nd June 2006 Tugley Wood Nature Reserve |
28th April 2007 Ivinghoe Beacon Nature Reserve |
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3rd May 2008 - Same Butterfly. Bison Hill Nature Reserve |
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About 2cm long.
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11th June 2004 - Same Butterfly (Male). Stockley Park |
13th June 2004 - Male. Stockley Park |
17th June 2004 - Female. Stockley Park |
18th June 2004 - Male. Stockley Park |
21st June 2004 - Male. Stockley Park |
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22nd June 2004 - Same Butterfly (Female). Stockley Park |
22nd June 2004 - Male. Stockley Park |
7th July 2005 - Male. Barnhill |
7th July 2005 - Female. Barnhill |
27th June 2006 - Male on right. Barnhill |
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8th June 2007 - Male. Park Wood |
8th June 2007 - Male. Barnhill |
17th June 2007 - Female. Glapthorn Cow Pasture |
17th June 2007 - Male. Glapthorn Cow Pasture |
27th July 2007 Chobham Common |
27th July 2007 Chobham Common |
27th July 2007 Chobham Common |
About 1cm long. These look just like Essex Skippers, except for their antennae tips which are a lighter brown colour.
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11th July 2003 - Same Butterfly (Female). Stockley Park |
22nd June 2004 Stockley Park |
6th July 2004 Stockley Park |
28th June 2005 Gunnersbury Triangle Nature Reserve |
7th July 2005 Barnhill |
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7th July 2005 - Male Barnhill |
28th June 2006 - Male Park Wood |
12th June 2007 - Male Park Wood |
1st July 2007 Horsenden Hill |
1st July 2007 Horsenden Hill |
19th July 2007 Horsenden Hill |
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19th June 2008 - Male Horsenden Hill |
5th July 2008 - Male Sharpenhoe Clappers |
Just slightly larger than a Small Skipper and similarly shaped. These are distinguished by the set of silver spots on the underwing, and different patterns on the top wing. Like Large, Small and Essex Skippers, the male has a darker black line towards the front of the top wing, as well as a slightly different pattern.
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4th August 2007 - Same Butterfly (Male) Bald Hill, Aston Rowant |
4th August 2007 - Same Courting Pair (Female Left, Male Right) Bald Hill, Aston Rowant |
4th August 2007 - Female Bald Hill, Aston Rowant |
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10th August 2008 - Same Butterfly (Female) Bald Hill, Aston Rowant |
10th August 2008 - Male Bald Hill, Aston Rowant |
10th August 2008 - Courting Pair (Female Top, Male Bottom) Bald Hill, Aston Rowant |
10th August 2008 Bald Hill, Aston Rowant |
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