Date: 22 July 2020
Location: Crymlyn BogWeather: Sunny and warm :)
Today we decided to do a butterfly count as from 17th July - 9th August it's the Butterfly Conservation's Big Butterfly Count
We decided to go to one of our favourite nature reserves Crymlyn Bog as we know it is always quiet and great to get away from people. This is what we saw...
Butterflies
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| Brimstone Butterfly |
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| Gatekeeper Butterfly |
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| Large Blue Butterfly |
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| Speckled Wood |
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| The butterfly count sheet |
The results for our butterfly count was:
5 Speckled Wood
1 Brimstone
4 Common Blue
2 Meadow Brown
4 Gatekeeper
2 Large White
2 Ringlet
Damselflies & Dragonflies
Lizards
Birds
We were very happy with our finds today, we have never seen so many lizards (I think we counted well over 30) and we noticed that signs were up to with guidance of social distancing and one way system around the boardwalk.
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| Azure Damselflies |
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| Common Darter Dragonfly |
Lizards
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| Juvenile common lizards |
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| Juvenile Common Lizard |
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| Adult Common Lizard |
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| Adult Common Lizard basking in the sun |
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| This Adult Lizard as lost it's tail :( |
Birds
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| Robin |
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| Chiffchaff (Pic by Dan Turner) |
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| Buzzard (Pic by Dan Turner) |
Other critters spotted...
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| 7 spotted ladybird |
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| Common White Wave (Pic by Dan Turner) |
We were very happy with our finds today, we have never seen so many lizards (I think we counted well over 30) and we noticed that signs were up to with guidance of social distancing and one way system around the boardwalk.
My Garden
The butterfly magic didn't stop when we arrived home - in the garden was a Holly Blue, Large White and a red admiral (which I couldn't get a pic).
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| Holly Blue butterfly in the garden |
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| Large White butterfly in the garden |
There is still time to do the Big Butterfly Count, all you need to do is download the butterfly ID chart from the following address, sit in a sunny spot for 15 minutes then record which species you see. Next add your counts on the website or you can download an app. It's important to give them this info as they can access the health of the environment by counting the amount of butterflies and moths we see.
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