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Leadburn Community Woodland – June 2026

The warm weather at the end of June has meant good sightings of a range of different butterflies across the different habitats on site.

Red admirals were festooned on one particular Guelder rose bush. Painted lady is a migratory species and is here in good numbers this year. It, and the Small pearl-bordered fritillary, were enjoying thistles. Large skipper is a recent new arrival to the site, having been expanding its range from further south. We have also seen very good numbers of Large heath, which is a species that exclusively relies on bog habitat because it relies on Hare’s-tail Cottongrass for its caterpillar food plant Sadly no photo of the large heath this time as they were rather too “flighty” to get up close.

The plants providing food for the butterflies show the importance of having native flora.

Here are some other native flowers showing well at Leadburn just now:-

As always, the volunteers have been busy. This time clearing paths and getting up close to the wildlife:-

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