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On Saturday 6th several LNHG members took part in the annual Marsh Fritillary web count at the Ballachuan SWT reserve, the marshy part of which is managed for this endangered butterfly. At this time of year the young larvae are feeding actively and making protective webs on their foodplant, Devilsbit Scabious. This photo shows a Read More …
It has been a good year for recording Marsh Fritillary here on Seil and locally, with records from Ballachuan, Kilbrandon Church, Ardencaple, Loch Charn and the Toad of Lorn. The importance of this string of close sites cannot be stressed too much, for if one site fails then there is always another to recolonise. Taken Read More …
Our speaker tonight is Dr Tom Prescott the Senior Conservation Officer of Butterfly Conservation Scotland and his talk is entitled “Moths and Moth Trapping”. Following the meeting we will transfer to Ballachuan Hazelwood to inspect moths in a moth trap set by Tom. We will also be checking this for further finds on Wednesday morning. Read More …
Biological Records for Field Trip to Loch Charn Please find uploaded some pics from Tuesday’s midweek walk to Loch Charn. The conditions were much cooler and duller than of late, meaning we could not expect to see so many butterflies and dragonflies but those we did see might be easier to examine and photograph. Butterflies Read More …
I was down at the Ballachuan Nature Reserve today with several other volunteers, David Croucher and the Scottish Wildlife Trust Reserve Manager, Simon Jones to try and find evidence of the Marsh Fritillary butterfly. The butterfly flies in late May and June. The female then lays batches of eggs on the underside of Devil’s-bit Scabious leaves. Read More …