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Encouraging butterflies at Tegg’s Nose

March 13, 2016 by Julian

The dark green fritillary has not been encountered at Tegg’s Nose Country Park, but has been seen a mile or two from the site.  Volunteers from SACV and Butterfly Conservation were therefore out in lovely spring sunshine today to help with an experimental activity to encourage this butterfly to the site: the dark green fritillary is attracted by violets, so patches of the hillside were cleared of bracken litter to encourage the spread of violets from other parts of the site, particularly from further down the hill.  It is not known how successful this will be, but is  one in a series of activities that are likely to be attempted to attract the butterfly to Tegg’s Nose!

Getting started on the hillside
Getting started on the hillside
Volunteer at work
Volunteer at work
Volunteers at work
Volunteers at work
Volunteers at work
Volunteers at work
Cleared bracken litter
Cleared bracken litter
Volunteers at work
Volunteers at work
Volunteers at work
Volunteers at work

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