Orange-tip
This springtime white butterfly is more at home in wildflower meadows than either the open heath, or woodland, so is a scarce visitor to Latchmore. It was first seen in 2017, then again in 2019, both times in periods of warm, sunny Spring weather, when Orange-tip were found in good numbers in the grazed fields which border the valley to the West. After three years with no sightings, a single individual was seen in May, 2022.
A pair of Orange-tip, photographed in Breamore woods
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1 1 8th May 8th May
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2 1 10th May 13th May
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1 1 2nd May 2nd May
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