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Recording Doncaster's Wildlife since 1880

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Ben Burrell – Lepidoptera

Chalkhill Blue Male & Female
Eyed Hawkmoth
Garden Tiger
Green Silver-lines
Peacock Butterfly
Privet Hawk Moth
Scarlet Tiger
Silver Washed Fritillary
Small Elephant Hawkmoth
Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly
Chalkhill Blue Male & Female
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Recent Posts

  • Next Meeting – Friday 14th August 2026 to Hatfield Moor 12 August 2026
  • Next Meeting – Friday 7th August 2026 for Chesterfield Canal walk 31 July 2026
  • Next Meeting – Monday 27th July 2026 to Brookfield Park. 24 July 2026
  • Next Meeting – Wednesday 15th July 2026 to Thorpe Marsh NNR 13 July 2026
  • Next Meeting – Saturday July 4th, 2026 at Denaby Delf 30 June 2026

Gallery

Moonwort fern Syrphus ribesii (female), Brook Walk, North Anston (10 May 2026).

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Conocephalus sp. (nymph), Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield. Strobilurus tenacellus - Pinecone Cap, Sherwood Pines, Notts. Puss moth caterpillar (Cerura vinula), at John Scott's Farm. Caddisfly, Yorkshire Arboretum. Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta, RSPB Adwick Washlands. Silk Button Spangle galls on the surface of the leaf as opposed to the majority being formed on the underside, Potteric Carr. Doncaster Scientific Society Excursion Parasitoid wasp - Diplazontinae sp., Potteric Carr. Muscina levida, Potteric Carr, July 11 Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis), Anston.
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