Hampshire Butterflies - Whiteley Pastures - 22nd June

Headed to Whiteley Pastures mainly for Purple Emperor, I had to cross the Hamble into east Hampshire, not something I do very often but there seem to be very few reliable sites in west Hampshire. Walked a big loop of the woodland getting views of several Purple Emperor high in the trees. It was not until having almost completed the loop that good views of Purple Emperor were obtained, however, these were flying around the tops of willows and lower levels of oak but not coming to ground - glimpses of purple were none-the-less obtained. The best location was at 50.8877, -1.2352429.

Comma

White Admiral

Red Admiral

Silver-washed Fritillary

Gold-ringed Dragonfly

The grossly spectacular Tachinid fly Nowickia ferox

Hampshire Dragonflies and Butterflies - Hatchet Small Pond 14th June and Parkhill Inclosure 15th June

 In my continued efforts to try to see all the regularly breeding Dragon/Damselflies and Butterflies in Hampshire this year I visited Hatchet Small Pond on 14th June hoping for Large Red-eyed Damselfly which soon showed itself in the windy and cool conditions but little else of note was seen.

Large Red-eyed Damselfly

Common Blue Damselfly

On 15th June I then visited Parkhill Inclosure near to Brockenhurst where the main targets were Silver-washed Fritillary and White Admiral of which I saw both with around 15 of the former and two of the latter. Gold-ringed Dragonfly was also new for my 2025 dragonfly list.

Silver-washed Fritillary

Silver-washed Fritillary

Silver-washed Fritillary

White Admiral

Large Skipper

Large Skipper

Gold-ringed Dragonfly

Broad-bodied Chaser

The hoverfly Sericomyia silentis

The hoverfly Didea fasciata