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An Unlikely Pairing

Authored by
David James – Northamptonshire Butterfly Recorder
Date
24-08-2023
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Photo of Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly

Earlier this year I received a couple of butterfly records from a survey carried out near King’s Cliffe in 2022. A Meadow Brown and a Small Tortoiseshell. However, this record really stood out because, amazingly, they were mating. Not mating with members of their own species but mating with each other!

Look Out for Beeflies 2022

Authored by
John Showers
Date
02-03-2022
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Beefly distribution map 2021

It will soon be time to look out for and report beeflies in Northants. They usually emerge in mid-late March but it is possible that some could be found in late February in mild, sheltered spots. Until 2018, we only had one species in Northants. This was the widespread Dark-edged Beefly, Bombylius major.

Camera trap recording with the Northants Mammal web project

Authored by
NBRC Centre Manager
Date
18-10-2021
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'Look out for...Mammals' Mammal Web Survey

Camera traps have given us a new view of the shyer species living alongside us. Help Northants as a ‘trapper’ by uploading your footage and as a ‘spotter’ by reviewing footage and identifying the species for biological records. Work together in our ‘Look out for…mammals’ with Mammal Web. Protection starts with what we know.