Butterfly and Moth Sightings 2013

*** Please also send any butterfly sightings to the County Butterfly Recorder and any moth sightings to the County Moth Recorder. *** Contact details can be found on the 'Committee' page.

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April
20th	At last, some warm sunny weather brought butterflies out in force: Alex and Tom Wood saw a Peacock in Howsham, followed by a further 3 Peacocks in North Kelsey. And then a trip to Messingham Sand Quarry produced an additional Peacock sighting.
	In her garden at Tattershall Bridge, Melanie Lawrence spotted a Comma along with a Peacock basking on a patch of bare ground.
15th	"Hallelujah!", exclaims Peter Cawdell as he fnally got his transect season underway. A count of 8 Peacocks and 7 Commas resulted.
14th	Alex and Tom Wood were lucky to see a Peacock at Messingham Sand Quarry today.
6th	Carroll Allen, from Scunthorpe, reports seeing a Peacock in her garden. Her husband was doing some gardening, moved some leaves, and "this beautiful butterfly" appeared, she said.
	Meanwhile, many Branch members were lucky to see a male Brimstone at Chambers Farm Wood, whilst waiting for the Spring Indoor Meeting to start.