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Nick Hull sent this email to the website
Hello, just a little something that might be of interest. I was sat in my garden
last weekend in Ivybridge, Devon. When a large butterfly flew into my garden. I
realised it was not a U.K species and got my camera to take a few shots. I
wondered if you might be able to throw any light onto where it may have come
from and what sort of butterfly it is. We do have a butterfly farm about 10
miles away at Buckfastleigh, is it possible it came from there.
Roger Bristow replied:-
Thanks for this interesting photo. The nearest that I can tie it down to is a
male swallowtail called Papilio polytes theseus from Sumatra and Borneo
(it is a good, but not exact, fit). I guess that it must have come from the
Butterfly Farm.
Decline in Small Tortoiseshell numbers
There is concern that a parasitic fly is contributing to the decline in
the numbers of Small Tortoiseshells in southern England. If you would like
to help in a survey to collect data click on this
link
English Nature grant
The Branch has been given a grant of £1250 to help with Heath
Fritillary work at the Lydford Reserve by English Nature
The Branch has been awarded a further £1500 by Natural England for future
conservation work at Lydford reserve (December 2006)
Awards for All Grant
The branch has been awarded a grant by Awards for All to buy an electronic
projector, spare bulb and to convert our branch slides to CD so that we can
improve our communication ability to outside groups. Total value £1069
(September 2006)
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