|
DATE |
OBSERVER |
LOCATION |
MICRO-LOCATION |
NUMBER SEEN AND SEX |
TIME |
WEATHER CONDITIONS |
BEHAVIOUR |
|
25/6/06 |
Duncan Stubbs |
Black Park |
TQ010840 |
1 m |
11.30 |
|
On path |
|
25/6/06 |
Wendy & Mick Campbell |
Piddington Wood |
Territory SP 629161 |
1 probable sighting high up |
|
|
High up over the central Ash tree of the
"vista" . It must have been 100' up and looked too big to be a Red
Admiral. The shape of the wings and flight pattern looked right for PE |
|
29/6/06 |
? |
Whitecross Green Wood |
|
1 |
|
|
|
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29/6/06 |
Dave Wilton |
Finemere Wood |
Southern edge in Finemere Meadows |
1 m |
|
|
On the ground close to the wood edge in an
area where there is a lot of bare earth. It was disturbed by my
passage, took off and did three or four large lazy circles around me at
grass-top height and then shot off up into the wood canopy. |
|
29/6/ 06 |
John Ward-Smith |
Little Hazes, private |
Edge of wood, with scattered mature oaks. The site is
south facing, close to M4 and lake at Felix Farm Trout Fishery |
1 m |
fleeting but clear sighting at 11.45 am. Total episode
lasted approx 30 secs |
Fine and sunny temp 22C |
Single specimen flew out briefly from one side of an oak
tree, flew round the back and then reappeared on the other side of the tree,
at a height of between 4 and 5 metres (12 to 15 ft) from the ground. I was
about 8 to 10 metres (25 to 30 feet) from tree. |
|
30/6/06 |
Wendy & Mick Campbell |
Oakley Wood |
SP611117; tree tops near the gate in the Oakley Car Park |
1 |
13.30, for 20 minutes |
|
One definite sighting of a PE high up in the trees. It
flew down from the Oak tree and disappeared. |
|
30/6/06 |
Wendy & Mick Campbell |
Piddington Wood & Little Wood (private) |
|
1 |
11.15 to 13.30. 45 mins at Piddington territory |
|
Spent 45 minutes at
the "PE Vista". After 15 minutes Mick saw a male PE flying towards
us. It was about 20' above our heads and close enough to see the
purple sheen. We watched it complete a circuit of the "vista"
and then it headed back to the footpath and disappeared. |
|
30/6/06 |
Dennis Dell |
Finemere Wood |
Narrow ride SP718220 |
1 |
12.00 |
|
Flying swiftly at low trajectory southwards along ride
leading northwards from turning
circle |
|
30/.6/.06 |
G.Elcombe |
Bernwood |
SP 612 103 Hell Coppice |
1 m |
11.00 |
Sunny |
Perched on shrub, c 1 mtr above ground then skimming at
low level up and down ride for c. 5 minutes |
|
1/7/06 |
? |
Whitecross Green Wood |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
1/7/06 |
Graham Taylor |
Wytham Woods (Singing Way) (permit required) |
SP467075 |
1 m |
Observed for at least 10 mins around 11:00, and for around
1 min at 14:30. |
Hot with unbroken sunshine. |
Male alighting repeatedly on track, possibly for salts,
and skimming fast up and down ride in sunny clearing. Opening wings
occasionally on the ground. Perched once on the lower boughs of a beech with
wings open. Woodland in the immediate vicinity is mainly beech with ash,
sycamore, oak and wych elm mixed in. |
|
1/7/06 |
Christopher Prideaux |
Doddershall Wood, private |
Main north-south ride; |
2 |
|
|
Down at muddy
puddle |
|
1/7/06 |
Graham Taylor |
Wytham Woods |
SP466088 SP467075 |
2 |
Fleeting glimpse at 13:45. |
Hot with unbroken sunshine, but flying in shade. |
Flying fast and direct through shady woodland at about
head height. Woodland in the immediate vicinity is mainly sycamore with some
mature ash and oak mixed in. |
|
2/7/06 |
? |
Whitecross Green Wood |
|
1 |
|
|
|
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2/7/06 |
Giles Alder |
Warburg reserve |
SU72028782 |
1 |
12.30 |
30 degrees |
Flying fast around wildlife garden and around
roof top |
|
2/7/06 |
Dave Wilton |
Rushbeds Wood |
SP666158; ash canopy gap at edge of wood |
1 m |
1.75 hrs; seen for 20 minutes from 15.55 |
33 degrees |
Patrolling gap and perching |
|
3/7/06 |
Dave Wilton |
Finemere Wood |
SP721216 |
1 m |
15.00 to 17.30 |
|
After walking through the gate at the entrance to the wood
this was the first butterfly I saw. It was orbiting the ride
cross-roads by the sign board and then landed on the sallow on the SW corner
of the junction, at about 10ft up, and proceeded to sun itself for about five
minutes. . When it took off it headed north up the main ride and I
lost it from sight. |
|
3/7/06 |
A Parker |
Black Park |
TQ010840 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
3/7/06 |
Dennis Dell |
Greatsea Wood, private |
highest point in
wood |
2 |
|
|
Two flying together leisurely over tops of Oaks |
|
3/7/06 |
Andy Reynolds |
Yorks Wood |
SP61205 |
1m |
11.00 |
|
Flying down, up and
down the ride before I lost him. Landed on the ride two or three times,
settling for no more than a minute or so. |
|
3/7/06 |
H & T Hall |
Rushbeds Wood |
SP666158 |
1m |
11.00 am |
|
At around 11.00am we
came upon a butterfly sunning itself on the ground. On studying the photo
when we arrived home, it was a male Purple Emperor. |
|
3/7/06 |
Dennis Dell |
Finemere Wood |
SP719218 |
1 |
11 to 12 |
|
Flying across intermediate territory [widely spaced
mature Oaks] |
|
3/7/06 |
Dick Lister |
Amersham Field Centre, Mop End SU929969 |
Around the centre building particularly the dustbins and
adjacent area |
1, Sex uncertain |
About 9.45 am. Observed for about 7 or 8 minutes |
Very hot and sunny |
Noticed from window and went out to investigate. It rather
lazily flew around, settled on a plank by the dustbins and then on a plastic
bag containing dog poo. It then settled on a nearby wooden gate. Observed for several minutes and time to
get an insect book from the centre and make a very skimpy sketch of the
underside of the wing. It then flew
away – not seen during the rest of the day. |
|
3/7/06 |
D Ferguson |
Finemere Wood |
main ride (SP720217) |
1m |
|
Sunny |
Flew NW low across ride |
|
|
|
|
Circle (SP718219) |
1m |
|
|
Flew low S across W side of circle |
|
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|
|
main track outside wood (SP721216) |
1m |
|
|
Resting on track. Flew off W. |
|
4/7/06 |
Niall Lusby |
Warburg reserve |
Bottom Track SU717879 |
1 |
|
31 degrees |
Flying at head height along track in valley
bottom |
|
4/7/06 |
Dennis Dell |
Finemere Wood |
SP718218 |
3 |
4.15 to 6.30 |
30 degrees |
Flying and perching fairly low on Oaks just south of
turning circle; observed for 15 minutes |
|
4/7/06 |
Alan Showler |
Downley |
SU842946; grassy bank, above road, backed by trees |
1 f |
3 pm |
Very hot |
Coming down and landing on grass in the shade, probably
seeking moisture; not flying strongly: affected by the heat? |
|
4/7/06 |
Mick Campbell |
Hell Coppice and Oakley Wood |
Oak trees lining field edge at SP612106. SP611117; tree tops near the gate in the Oakley Car Park |
2m, 1f |
5 to 6 pm |
Hot & sunny |
200 yards north of Hell coppice old car park along the
track to the location where big Oak trees line the edge of a field. One
large female Iris seen there. It landed briefly quite low down
in an oak tree, about 30' up Oakley car park: 2
male Iris in the usual oak trees near the gate. A brief period of
combat, then they glided about 25' above the edge of the track
& then across it & disappeared. |
|
4/7/06 |
D Ferguson |
Wendover Woods |
wide dry ride bounded by mature beech (SP883076) |
1m |
11.40 for 10 mins. In the wood for 2.5 hrs |
Sunny |
Flew low SW along track landing 3 times, resting for c1-3
mins each time. Disappeared E into garden of Picket Piece. |
|
5/7/06 |
O.T.Lewis |
Wytham Woods (permit required) |
Singing Way/ The Plantation. Wide gravel ride SP466074 |
1 m |
10.30 for 15 minutes |
Sunny intervals, calm ~20C |
Settling on moist gravel ride and probing with proboscis |
|
6/7/06 |
Dennis Dell |
Finemere Woods |
At turning circle [SP718219] and at northern edge
[SP715222] |
3 |
3.45 to 5.45 |
24 degrees, cloud and sun no wind |
Turning
circle; over oaks and around big Sallow, opposite the oaks. Northern edge:
flying in Ash canopy gap, one seen between 4.45 and 5.25 |
|
6/7/06 |
Wendy & Mick Campbell |
Piddington Wood |
Territory SP 629161; open area ringed by Ash and Oak |
2 m |
4 pm to 4.45 pm |
Hot and sunny |
Male Iris gliding
around Territory 1 air space! This is the area immediately to the left of the
big Oak tree (the Oak tree on the far right of the Vista). After 5-10
minutes of perching & gliding between the good quality Ash
tree and the poor quality Ash tree, a second male Iris appeared
and several combats occurred. The second male must have been chased off
(along with a couple of pigeons!!) as we didn't see it again after that. The
first male continued to glide & perch around the 2 ash trees for
about 40 minutes until the sun went behind a big cloud. |
|
? |
Allen Beechey |
BBOWT Warburg reserve |
SU720881 |
1 f |
|
|
However, this time a female iris did one graceful
circuit of me before disappearing. The sighting was made at 17:05 on a
small path that links the two rifle ranges (now strips of chalk grassland)
about halfway along their length. |
|
8/7/06 |
Dennis Dell [field meeting, 20 people present] |
Oakley Wood |
Car park SP612117 |
6 estimated |
10.00 to 16.00 |
20 to 22 degrees, cloud and sun |
Most sightings on and around oaks near car park entrance from
road, gliding and perching [12 sightings between 11.30 and 12.45]. One male
low down, observed for 30 minutes between 10 and 10.30, landing on car
bonnets and tyres. One female on main ride a couple of hundred yards south of
car park, low down on Sallow and Birch; observed for 30 minutes [3 to 3.30] |
|
9/7/06 |
Dennis Dell [field meeting, 8 people present] |
Oakley Wood |
Car park SP612117 |
6 estimated |
11.00 to 14.00 |
20 degrees, windy, overcast and damp to start with, clearing
up and getter warmer, but windy, later |
Activity above and on the car park entrance oaks between
12.45 and 14.00. About 22 ‘flight events’ noted, with 3 in the air at one
time at one point: eve3n in strong wind. At 2 pm, one male came down and settled
on oak trunk. |
|
8/7/06 |
Nick Bowles and Christopher Prideaux |
Doddershall Wood, private |
Main north-south ride |
2 |
12.45 to 13.00 |
22 degrees, strong wind |
One sighting entirely treetops and the other 300m away about
2-3m above ground. Both along the longest ride (section E of transects). The
first sailed out from a gap between oaks on N side of ride at about 3 m above
ground and made an unhurried circuit of the block of scrub. The second was high above the solitary tree in the centre
(roughly) of the end of ride. It was about 5m up when saw it and it simply
sailed off over the tallest canopy (again to north of ride ). |
|
8/7/06 |
Wendy & Mick Campbell, Paul Bowyer |
Sydlings Copse, BBOWT reserve |
Low fen area grazed with ponies and surrounded
by Oak & Ash trees; good quality sallow bushes in fen. SP559096 |
2 |
|
some cloud but quite warm and sunny, rather windy though. |
We walked through
the meadow almost to the far end where we stopped and watched the tree tops.
These trees (lots of Ash, Oak) line the ridge bordering the
fen area where the sallows grow. We saw a PE patrol along the top of the
treeline, turn and go all the way back again to the far corner. We walked down through the wood, catching glimpses of
PE gliding between the trees overhead. We walked back up and through the meadow again and a much
larger PE (we believe it was a female) flew low down along the edge of the
meadow and then up over the Elm trees. |
|
8/7/06 |
Mike Mobbs |
Hazlemere golf course bordering Penn Wood, private |
|
1 m |
11 am |
|
Dying male Purple Emperor (bird
attack?) about ten yards from fence. I have never seen one in the Penn
Wood complex before, although I have walked it for some years, and do not
know of any previous records for this area. The wood is mainly beech but
there are stands of oak, some of which contain Purple Hairstreaks. |
|
9.7.06 |
Becky Woodell |
Whitecross Green Wood |
|
1m |
|
|
Flew along 1st section of central ride and then
into oak trees |
|
9.7.06 |
G.Lincoln |
Buckland Common |
Window sill outside of house. South-west facing. Detached
house surrounded by lawn, shrubs and flowers. Mixed copse of ash, oak, holly,
rowan, hazel 25 meters to south-east. Holly trees 10 m to north-west. |
1m |
12.30pm. Seen for about 2 minutes resting, before it flew
off. |
Warm and sunny. |
Fluttered outside window briefly, then settled on window
sill. Open wings gently waving and never closed. |
|
11/7/06 |
David Redhead |
Oakley Wood |
SP 6115 1165. Car Park |
1m |
9.30 to 9.50 |
17 degrees, sunny, slight breeze |
Proceeded down main drag in car but decided to
stop to check out car park - as I got out of car opposite path back into car park
a Purple Emperor flew majestically out from over the
top of the hazels on the opposite side of the ride to the car park, circled
round over my head and disappeared whence it had come. |
|
11/7/06 |
Dave Wilton |
Piddington Wood |
Territory SP 629161; open area ringed by Ash and Oak |
1st visit:two: 1 f, probably, and one m 2nd visit: 2 males |
20 minutes for each ‘visit’ |
sunny |
Female lazily following White Admiral around me twice,
about a foot behind it and about 18 inches above ground level, then shot off
along the track. No sign of purple on the wings but I might not have
seen it anyway because I was standing in the shade. Up in the
canopy there was a single male active, mostly using the ashes at about 10
o'clock (taking the enormous ash in the centre of the semi-circle as being 12
o'clock). Back at Piddington Wood I spent another 20 minutes
at "the spot" and this time there were two males active, one on the
10 o'clock ash and another on an ash at 1 o'clock (a big one but rather
spindly). Unfortunately they didn't get together at all so no aerial
battles were witnessed. |
|
12/7/06 |
Robin Dryden |
Black Park |
at TQ013844 ( this is where my sightings were last
year). |
1 |
13.00-14.00 |
Hot and sunny |
Gliding across the ride and then sunning itself at in full
view at the top of an oak tree (at TQ013844 this is where my
sightings were last year). |
|
12/7/ 06 |
A E D Hickman |
Sole Common Map ref: approx SU 413 708 |
About 15m down a ‘ride’ leading into a young conifer
plantation adjacent to Sole Common BBOWT reserve. Plenty of Sallows and Oaks
nearby including alongside the first part of the ride. |
1 m |
Present for 30-35 mins (c10.45-11.20hrs) |
Hot and sunny with light breeze |
Feeding on presumed mineral deposits off fly-tipped
rubbish-including discarded DIY materials, plastic bags etc. I didn’t notice
it until I flushed it by accident from where it had obviously been feeding.
It then made a convoluted series of circuits around me, often very close to
my legs, landing for a while on a nearby Sallow before continuing its low
level erratic flight. It seemed highly intent on getting back to feeding on
the rubbish, which it soon did. After a good half hour it finally took
exception to me being within about 2 feet of it and flew out of view behind
some Sallows. I checked the site just before I left at about 2pm but it did
not reappear. Visited the site again on 19 July (admittedly spending only
about 10-15 mins looking) and saw no sign of it. |
|
12/07/06 |
Phil Tizzard |
Finemere Wood SP71652226 |
Canopy gap in mature ashes about 10-15m wide at edge of
wood --north facing. |
Up to 3. Sex not determined. |
Four events over a half hour period between 14.00 and 17.00 |
Hot; sunny; scattered clouds. |
Two singles flying at canopy height; Three chasing briefly around top of ash tree then flew off
at canopy height (8-10m). One landed on top of ash in middle of the canopy gap where
it sat for 3 minutes before flying off. All sightings made with 8.5x42 binoculars. |
|
12/7/06 |
Dennis Dell |
Finemere Wood SP715222 |
Canopy gap in mature ashes about 10-15m wide at edge of
wood --north facing.; this gap is about 200m west of the territory described
by Tizzard above |
3-4 |
12.30 to 12.45 and 13.20 to 13.30 |
23 degrees, sunny, light breeze |
First period: two gliding and perching in canopy gap .. Second period: two circling in combat, descending together
almost to ground before parting and flying back up. Shortly after, 100m east
of this spot, another sighting flying eastwards. At 13.47, one seen just south of turning circle, gliding
around Oak and across ride |
|
12/7/06 |
Wendy & Mick Campbell |
Woodland near Frieth; Moor Common |
(OS ref SU803-905) |
4 |
Total time looking was 1hr 30mins, 12.30 to 2.00pm,
although all 4 were seen within 15 mins. |
Hot & sunny. |
The quantity and quality of the Sallow there is
OUTSTANDING! There's loads of it below a whole bank of big Oak trees.
Within minutes of arriving, as the footpath enters the wood we saw 2 PE
chasing in one direction and then back again in the opposite direction.
Impossible to say if they were male or female. We then saw another
two, larger PE, lower down near the ground. They flew off quickly
into the Oaks. We stayed for quite a while after that but it all went
quiet (afternoon siesta time?). |
|
12/7/06 |
Dennis Dell |
Greatsea Wood, private |
Highest point |
2 [1 f] |
12.55 to 13.10 |
23 degrees, sunny, light breeze |
Female floated down eastern edge southwards, landing
briefly on Blackthorn; one seen just inside wood from track around oak then
over track and away. At outside again, seen flying across ashes |
|
13/7/06 |
Dennis Dell & Christopher Prideaux |
Doddershall Wood, private |
main north-south ride |
1 f |
16.50 to117.00 |
|
On Sallow for 5 minutes, then flew off down ride and
disappeared. |
|
14/7/06 |
Mike Mobbs |
Penn Wood |
SP913955. |
1m |
p.m. |
|
We decided to go to Common Wood to see if we could
see where the PE I found on Hazlemere Golf Course might have come from. But
first I walked a bit further up the hill. A large butterfly flew towards me
at head height. There was a flash of brown and white, then purple. It was
another Purple Emperor, this time in Penn Wood itself! |
|
14/7/06 |
Wendy & Mick Campbell |
Waterperry Wood |
|
4 f |
between 3 and 5 pm |
|
1) 3.45pm 1 x PE - At the
Southern end of the main track, it bends sharp right. Walk along
there a bit further to a bank of Oak trees on your left. You'll see a nice
Sallow(s) which is where we spotted Iris flying around the
Sallow but we didn't see it settle. SP604-088. 2) 4.15pm 1 x PE - We were heading North,
back down the main ride (concentrating on the Sallows). Big female
gliding very low down just above the track and then settled on
vegetation sunning itself before flying off. Excellent views, close up!!
SP605-090. 3) 4.40pm 1 x PE - Still on the main ride. It
flew 6 feet above ground up the face of the trees and disappeared over the
tree tops. SP606-096. 4) 4.50pm 1 x PE - Still on the main
ride. Saw it land on Sallow and sun itself, then glided across to
another sallow & we watched it fly into the middle of the Sallow
and was seen bending its abdomen round to lay eggs. It was on the
twigs, though, not on leaves. It was too high up (20-25') to see an egg
through binoculars, so we can't be sure it actually laid an egg on
the twigs. SP606-098. |
|
14.07.06 |
David Dennis |
Braziers End, Nr Cholesbury, Bucks |
Garden, bordering farmland and woodland |
1f |
1.00pm |
Hot and sunny |
Flew around pond, settled on shirt for 10 seconds, flew
off over hedge |
|
15/7/06 |
Tim Watts |
Piddington Wood |
SP629161 |
1 |
|
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15/7/06 |
Wendy & Mick Campbell |
Chinkwell Wood |
SP667141 |
1 |
2.30 to 4.45 pm |
Hot & sunny, breezy |
We approached from the Dorton end, walking across the open
fields and keeping an eye out for WLH on the flowering bramble along the
hedges. As we were approaching the style going into the wood we caught a
distant glimpse of a big butterfly gliding amongst the trees ... could have
been a White Admiral ... but then it shot out of the wood a few feet over our
heads (now easy to see it was a Purple Emperor!) and started
heading off across the open field! It had almost gone out of binocular range
when it turned round and headed back again, flying back into the wood and
disappearing. Most unusual! Most probably a female from its
size and odd behaviour. Lots of sallow all around that edge of the wood. |
|
15/7/06 |
Dennis Dell |
Finemere Wood |
100m north of turning circle |
1 |
12.50 |
Hot and sunny |
Around big Sallow along transect section F |
|
16/7/06 |
Allen Beechey |
Warburg Reserve BBOWT |
SU720881 |
1f |
|
|
A female iris did one graceful circuit of me before
disappearing. The sighting was made at 17:05 on a small path that links
the two rifle ranges (now strips of chalk grassland) about halfway along
their length |
|
16/7/06 |
Becky Woodell |
Whitecross Green Wood |
|
1 |
|
|
On second section of central ride |
|
16/7/06 |
Tom Dunbar |
Hodgemoor Wood, private |
Car park |
1f |
|
|
In reverse to depart from carpark a male
alighted to the left of the car and proceeded to entertain for the next 20
minutes feeding from leaf litter in total shade! |
|
16/7/06 |
Tim Watts |
Finemere Wood |
SP718219 |
1 |
|
|
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16/7/06 |
Danny Howard |
Oakley Wood |
|
1f |
|
|
A female sat on some sallow next to the main ride at about
head height. It fluttered from leaf to leaf and it wasn't until it had flown
back to the tree tops that I realised it may well have been egg laying
(although a very brief search didn't yield any). |
|
17/7/06 |
Becky Woodell |
Oakley Wood |
|
1 f |
|
|
Low on Sallow near car park |
|
17/7/06 |
Ian Kelloway |
Road between Whiteleaf/Brush Hill Princes Risborough |
Gap in beech trees over recently (2 years ago) excavated
chalk pit 0308 8201 |
1 |
15.00 |
sunny |
Flew 3 times around in a large circle before disappearing. |
|
17/7/06 |
Martin Kincaid |
Finemere Wood |
Turning circle SP718219 |
1 f |
12.20 |
|
Immaculate female in the turning circle. I watched her
from 12.20 p.m. when she flew into the circle, made a few quick circuits, and
then alighted on one of the tallest sallows. I got very excited for a bit as
it looked like she was going to oviposit - crawling around the leaves,
seemingly 'tasting' with her front feet. |
|
17/7/06 |
Ched George |
Leygrove’s Wood, private |
Southern edge of wood |
1 f |
12.30 to 15.00 |
|
1 female found flying briefly near sallows at
2.22pm and followed to next sallow where again it flew in and out briefly
before "hiding" somewhere. Re-appeared around same tree (presumably from
within or close by) at 2.42pm and spent a minute or two weaving in and out,
presumably laying here and there. Flew through sallow and into mature forest
shade behind and lost from view. Re-appeared again very briefly at 2.58pm and
flight suddenly quickened and I lost contact. |
|
17/7/06 |
Don Otter |
Wendover Woods |
Nr “the” Buddleia bush. On edge of clear felled area but
with isolated clump of tall Lime trees. |
1 m |
Around 19.30 |
Hot & sunny |
Flew around tall lime trees then appeared to land. Not
seen again. |
|
18/7/06 |
Francis Gomme |
around Princes Risborough |
Whiteleaf Hill, Kop Hill, Seargent’s Wood |
3 |
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18/7/06 |
Ian Walker |
Oakley Wood and Hell Coppice |
1] SP613115, ride. 2] SP611101, old car park |
2 |
1] 8 am, and 2]
between 11.05 and 11.21 |
Hot and sunny |
1] flushed from ground, flew up through Sallow bush, and
beyond; open beyond with isolated mature Oaks. Identity not 100% 2] moving in high foliage in Oak; three separate
sightings, 7 and 10 minutes apart at same place |
|
19/7/07 |
Wendy & Mick Campbell |
Rushbeds Wood |
|
2 |
30 minutes, 1st seen at 13.15 |
36 degrees |
We had been sitting in the corner of the meadow in the
shade of the big Oak tree, facing towards the large Ash tree for about 30
minutes when one flew over our heads and glided through the
big Ash tree back into the wood. On the way back through the wood to the car we had another
sighting high up, flying above an Ash tree about
100 yards from the car park |
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21/7/06 |
Francis Gomme |
Whiteleaf cross, Princes Risborough |
Trees below cross |
1 |
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21/7/06 |
Wendy & Mick Campbell |
Holton Wood, private |
SP599079; public footpath lined with Oaks and Sallows |
1 f |
14.15; observed for 30 seconds. |
Hot and sunny |
Flew above and then into big Sallow along ride |
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25/07/06 |
Andy
Reynolds |
Yorks
Wood |
SP61205 |
1m |
17.00 |
Hot and sunny |
On his last legs and raggedy. Sitting on the parched ride,
he remained there as I sat down next to him. I poured a wee puddle of water
from which he drank. |
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25/07/06 |
J. Tuckey |
Murcott |
SP585155 |
1m |
12 to 13 |
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Settled on hand, proboscis out; remained there for along
time |
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27/7/06 |
Wendy & Mick Campbell |
Piddington Wood & Little Wood (private) |
Little Wood - SP624157; at the
top of wood where the first ride meets the public footpath. |
Zero in Piddington Wood. 1 in Little Wood. |
14.30 |
Hot and sunny |
Gliding above a hazel tree next to the big Oak. |
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27/7/06 |
Wendy & Mick Campbell |
Widnell Lane |
SP634173 |
Probably f |
a.m. |
Hot and sunny |
Flew low along road and then into wood |
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28/07/06 |
Anthony Croft |
Whitecross Green Wood SP602146 |
Wide grassy ride bounded by oak, ash, willow, blackthorn |
1. Unsure of gender. |
1100 |
Sunny |
First observed perched on oak three metres above ground.
After several minutes flew to another oak at a similar height above ground.
Remained for a few minutes then flew off into the wood. |
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mid-August |
Frankie Woodgate |
Penn Wood |
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1 |
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