report from Glen Beg

[Anne Kilmer]

Ireland, Co Mayo, map reference 0660. Sorry. 

Doug wrote:
> 
> And where on the planet earth are you?
> 
> Doug
> 
> On 23 Jul 2000 01:20:45 -0700, viceroy at anu.ie (Anne Kilmer) wrote:
> 
> >Yesterday being a remarkably sunny, hot day, we went hunting for purple
> >hairstreaks, equipped with neither nets nor binoculars. Skunked, alas.
> >We explored the ancient oak trees along the alleged road round the
> >eastern end of Glen Beg, M0659, a quadrant hitherto unexplored, if I
> >read the atlas right.
> >Therefore, for the record, we saw
> >one Brimstone Goneropteryx rhamni
> >many Green-veined Whites, Pieris napi
> >One Small Tortoiseshell, Aglais urticae, whose left forewing had failed
> >to extend properly, and who therefore looked rather battered.
> >One Red Admirable, Vanessa atalanta, also rather battered.
> >Many Ringlets, Aphantopus hyperantus, nectaring on bramble, wings folded
> >and inclining themselves to the sun.
> >Many Meadow Browns, Maniola jurtina, enjoying a similar lifestyle.