Early UK butterfly sighting

[Robert Seago]

In article <916080504snz at nwjones.demon.co.uk>, Neil Jones
<URL:mailto:Neil at nwjones.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> I have just received a report of an early butterfly sighting in the UK.
> A peacock (Inachis io) was seen today, 11th January, at the Glamorgan
> Wildlife Trust's nature reserve at Priors Wood on the Gower Peninsula,
> South Wales.
> It has been a cold but sunny day after a frosty night. 
>
I heard of a Peacock showing up on Jan 1st this year here in coastal
Essex.

Last year (1988) I also personally saw one, at 11:50 on January the
first, braving or possibly fighting a cool breeze in bright sun. It was
on the reserve that I look after. (Details on my webpage.)

I can't remember if I posted this, before, but I also found about 12
Peacock butterflies, hibernating in an airraid shelter, with a similar
nunmber of Herald Moths. I was working there installing some special
bricks for the benefit of bats.

Will bats, eat hibernating insects. Spiders seem to leave them alone.

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