Of particular note was the sighting of a Chalkhill Blue butterfly. Jennifer H commented that this record was the first in the Abington parishes for twenty years. Up until now, the nearest records were also from the Roman Road, but on the west side of the A11 where the specific food plants (Horseshoe Vetch) were planted to encourage them.
Worsted Lodge Roman Road survey. 8th August 2020. Project Team (limited)
Butterfly species
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Meadow Brown
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Small White
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Red Admiral
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Gatekeeper
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Green-veined White
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Chalkhill Blue
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Small Heath
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Large White
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Common Blue
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Essex Skipper
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Brimstone
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Flora species
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Common Knapweed
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Common Restharrow
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Spear Thistle
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Goat’s Beard
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Lady’s Bedstraw
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Bladder Campion
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Yarrow
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Ragwort
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Wild Basil
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Common Toadflax
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Field Scabious
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Mugwort
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Common Mallow
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Small Scabious
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Golden Rod
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Dark Mullein
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Common St John’s Wort
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Common Storksbill
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Dwarf Thistle
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Bird species
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Yellowhammer
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Linnet
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Goldfinch
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Magpie
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Other species
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Red-tailed Bumblebee
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Honey Bee
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Wasp nest (in burrow)
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Buff-tailed Bumblebee
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Wool Carder Bee
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Rose Bedeguar Gall
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White-tailed Bumblebee
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Cinnamon Bug
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Cinnabar Moth caterpillar
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Meadow Brown on Knapweed [AM]
Larger. No buff patch on hindwing. No white dots.
Usually one pupil in black eye-spot (but as here a second small pupil can occur cf Gatekeeper).
Meadow Brown on Knapweed [ADN]
Female Small Heath [AM]
Smaller. Small buff patch, and row of small white
dots on hindwing. Single pupil in black eye-spot.
Always rests with wings closed.
Male Small Heath [ADN]
Slightly smaller and more brightly coloured than female.
Female Small Heath [DLT]
Gatekeeper [AM]
Upper wings orange with wide brown margin.
Two pupils dots in black eye-spot.
Gatekeeper [DLT]
Underside of hindwing mottled. Uneven row of white dots.
Two white pupils in black eye-spot.
Gatekeeper on Scabious [ADN]
Female Essex Skipper on Knapweed [AM]
Orange upper wing, with dark margin bleeding into orange
along veins. Female lacks the black sex-brand (stripe) of the male.
along veins. Female lacks the black sex-brand (stripe) of the male.
Underside of antennae tips all black.
Female Essex Skipper on Knapweed [ADN]
Small Skipper on Knapweed [ADN]
Very similar to Essex Skipper.
Underside of antennae tips orange.
Female Chalkhill Blue on Small Scabious [AM]
Larger than Common Blue. Wing margins 'chequered' white and brown.
Little/no orange in spot patterns on underside of forewing.
Very similar to female Adonis Blue (but distribution of latter limited to south coast)
Female Chalkhill Blue on Knapweed [AM]
Female Chalkhill Blue on Knapweed [DLT]
Female Chalkhill Blue on Knapweed [DLT]
Female Common Blue [ADN]
Smaller. Bluish tint near body. White wing margin.
Orange in spot patterns on underside of forewing.
Female Common Blue on dry Knapweed [ADN]
Orange in spot patterns on upperside of forewing.
Upperside base colour varies between brown and blue in female; blue in male.
Female Common Blue [ADN]
Female Common Blue [AM]
Small White on Small Scabious [AM]
Small White on Knapweed [AM]
Green-veined White [ADN]
Similar to Small White, but with dark wing veins
Very tatty Red Admiral on Yarrow [AM]
Cinnamon Bug on dry Wild Basil [AM]
Cinnabar Moth caterpillar on Ragwort [AM]
Common Wasp nest in old rabbit burrow [AM]
Common Restharrow [AM]
Ragwort [AM]
Spear Thistle [AM]
Small Scabious [AM]
Robin's Pincushion (or Rose Bedeguar Gall) on Rose [ADN]
Photo credits [ADN] Anne D-N; [AM] Andy M; [DLT] Derek T
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