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It’s so lovely to see you and your baby daughter Riva out in nature, enjoying the sunshine! I’m sure she’ll learn to love wildlife as much as you do. Loved this video Liam, thank you ❤🏴
What an absolute breathtaking ten minutes I've just experienced watching your vid on butterflies, quality narration, quality content and quality info . Thanks mate 👍👍👍👍👍
Congratulations on the birth of your lovely daughter, already taking in our treasured countryside! Great butterfly footage. There seemed to have been a lack of them recently, but at the weekend, the roadside brambles were festooned with the fluttering beauties.
Delighted to see you have Reaver, receiving wildlife stories by the comforting tone of your voice, what a wonderful way to develop & grow. I was astonished that butterflies migrate over such long distances, being such delicate insects of colour & beauty.
Thank you for a lovely summeresque nature film teaching us about those miraculous creatures . Congrats on your daughters arrival she is blessed to be in a family of nature lovers .
How lovely to see you with your daughter Liam, you must be so proud of her. Never to early to get them out watching wildlife! Great to see you plug the Big Butterfly Count. I did my count today as the sun was out, saw a few Large Whites, Meadow Browns, Gatekeepers and plenty of Ringlets (and a few Small Skippers, but they aren't on the checklist). Better than I feared, there have been so few butterflies about this year.
I’m in the North of England and so far this year we have had no butterflies. Our garden is usually full of them. I saw the first 2 yesterday. There has been a distinct lack of insects this year. One was a Comma, something I haven’t seen before so this video has been helpful.
Lovely to see you and your daughter out and about in nature. What a beautiful start to her dad’s passion. The butterflies were beautiful. Thank you for an informative video. Take care and love to all the family ❤🦋💙
Thank you and your little apprentice. That is the most concise and accurate description of our British butterflies I have heard/seen. Sometimes things get a bit too scientific and overwhelming. You made it so simple. Butterflies are special to me.
How beautiful to be joined by your little one and talk about butterflies! You will have so much to chat to her about wildlife! We once found our then 2 year old grandaughter I the garden, having thought she was quiet, sitting, quietly chatting to sparrows. They were all on the Nationwide, coming to bathe and drink from a tiny birdbath and just Potter about almost close enough for her to touch. A beautiful sight!
Dear Liam That's wonderful . Wonderful Wonderful Wonderful. Oh did I say that's just so wonderful. With all your friends out here , wishing you Joy and love that you have brought to us all. Shall shine upon you and your bundle of Joy. Ps love to Mrs. Liam .
When I retired and moved to this house in a sheltered location I was amazed to see the numbers of Orange Tip butterflies ( and their white females) . I hadn't noticed them up at the farm I came from. Kind of surprised they weren't on this list but they are an early season species so maybe less seen by the survey time. There were a decent number of Orange Tips in the spring here but since then I've hardly seen any of the normal Peacocks, Red Admirals and Tortoiseshells. I have grown three big budleas in my fairly wild garden just for them . The flowers have started opening in the past ten days so here's hoping.
Great to see you've got Riva working there Liam; start 'em early, that's what I always say.. This lovely film is one to revisit for reference. Excellent! Nice one Liam. 🌟🌟👍
Fatherhood has clearly brought you a lot of joy into your life; we can see it in your face. So many gorgeous butterflies with their delicate petal wings fluttering away, how could you ever get tired of such beauty. I cannot wait to see the reactions of your little girl to the wonders of nature !
Have just discovered your channel, and after watching 3 videos, have subscribed. I appreciate the amount of detail and information you fit into just a few minutes, and love that you give measurements in metric and in inches.
Congratulations to you both, when I saw your video I wondered when your bubba was due. And there she is. Cherish each moment as it goes so fast. Mine are 17 and 21 now. 😱😱 Great video as always. 👍🏼👍🏼
Congratulations Liam, it’s not often you see dads doing their bit, so to take your infant on a wildlife walk is exceptional. Oh yeah, the vid was good also.
Very interesting and informative 🙂 I think I’ve often mistaken the Tortoise Shell and thought it was a Red Admiral. My favourite is the Peacock - so thrilling when I see one in the garden. I grow buddleia in profusion just to attract Peacocks!
I love butterflies, saw the red admiral at my local river yesterday. My favourite has to be the Peacock, had quite alot of them in the garden last year but none so far this year, perhaps when the weather is better. Lovely to see you with the young one. Great vid, thanks 🦋
My favourite butterfly is the black and red butterflies in the UK, when I was little, a red and black butterfly landed on my nose. I heard loud buzzing for a second and then it left. Butterflies can taste with their feet and can have memories from their baby stage.
@@AShotOfWildlife my sister told me about them having memory slots or something, a bit like a folder or file of memories. Well that's what I got from what she said. She raised some butterflies herself. She loves it
As much as I think butterflies are beautiful I am terrified of them. I think it's the erratic flying pattern. And am sure it's a childhood garden encounter leading to a phobia.😢 Once again I must be too early for the one to check out as it doesn't appear. Great to see you and your daughter bonding I love it❤
Thanks Paul. My wife is scared of butterflies, birds and leaves, pretty much anything that flies. I can't wait until Reeva can properly interact with the world around her 😀
firstly congratulations on becoming a Dad and i hope your wife is feeling herself again soon! i don't get meadow brown, i have a very small meadow, though i also get painted ladies, brimstone's, ringlet, wall brown, small copper, small skipper. i have deliberately planted flowers to attract them and it is paying off, i have a tiny spot of marsh, but it is not attracting butterfly's or sun-dew, though it has all the mosses
Brought back memories of my seven years in England. 5:59 At least one of those seemed like the Green-veined white to me. Or is it just the shadows on the wings? I was rather surprised that it didn't make it into the list as I often saw them alongside the other two whites.
A great subject for a video Liam. Congratulations to you and mum on bringing little Riva into the world☺️ She looks no bigger than some of your camera lenses! You better do some weight training to carry her like that next year! 🤣👍
Where are they all this year? We have a garden full of buddleia blossom which is usually covered in butterflies all day long. This year there are only ever one or two on each bush at a time.
Hi Liam thank u for bringing ur precious daughter along ...before U know it she will be running along side u 😊 I love butterflies and moths are u able to cover moths and other insects too ?
@@AShotOfWildlife :I have a small garden stocked with plants that give a good spread of insect food over the months from April to September but this year has been desperate until the Lavender bloomed which now has the 'Petrol Beetles, Honey Bees and a couple of types of Bumble Bees. Last year was good for Hover Flies, this year not yet a one. I am in a country village in the east midlands and I subscribe to iRecord for unusual mini beasts but I have to hunt now rather than just see. I have lost a Box to that damned moth though which I suitably reported.
Think I've seen most of these where I live in Scotland, though not the meadow brown. Given that you live near the Norfolk Broads Liam it would be great to see sometime some footage of swallowtails if you can find them....I believe the Broads is the only place in the UK where they live?
I haven’t seen a single butterfly on my buddlieas this year. In fact, I have only seen 3 butterflies in the last month on my numerous walks around Milton Keynes. FriendsKent have said that they too haven’t seen any. What is going on?
Lovely video mate. Really enjoyed it. Out walking the dogs the other day I met a chap looking up at a tree watching a purple emperor. I couldn’t see it. Do you know what the rarest butterflies in the uk are?
Living in the east Midlands we've seen hardly any butterflies. Not one even on buddlei flowers. Not many bee's either. It's very worrying. Such a decline of insects all round 😢😢
About the migratory butterflies, has anyone witness individuals or large number of them crossing the English channel? I find it weird how these type of animals seem to just spawn near you when the time is right.
Adult butterflies can survive the winter and this year I saw one on the wing in April albeit very tattered. It is not known exactly how the larvae overwinter but in some places in the south of England a brood emerges in early May and this year they produced a second in late June. I think they stay fairly local to where they breed and it is the migrants that we see in the garden on buddleia for instance but I have not seen any of these yet.
I don't think they migrate en masse and instead gradually move over from mainland europe. I have seen them gathering in autumn near the south east coast and have found some rare vagrant butterflies in the past.
Oops.. 5:38 is a napi not a rapae.! Also the two at 5:59.! Pieris napi or Green vein Whites are not regarded as Cabbage Whites. The rapae is widespread including the US and Australasia and is called the Cabbage White in the former and White Butterfly in New Zealand thence Pieris should be used to mean White (cf Marbled White which is a Brown).
Ah, you are correct about the butterfly at 5:38, I didn't pay enough attention to that clip... why do you think the 2 at 5.59 are as well? I have heard both of them referred to as cabbage whites in the UK, sometimes as small cabbage whites and large cabbage whites.
@@AShotOfWildlife Hiya you can clearly seen the venation on both of their underwings. Please go back to original comment for example non-UK but in the UK both the brassicae and rapae are collectively known as Cabbage Whites. The napi have a somewhat different larval foodplant as I understand it and are not destructive to commercial brassicas like the other two. There was an interesting clip on Springwatch 2023 (I think) explaining how a parasitic wasp mitigates the numbers of Large Whites (brassicae). The distribution of the rapae is fascinating.. not yet reached South Africa.. but in the USA for example they have managed to keep the brassicae out. Hope this helps, but it it is only going to get more involved when the Southern Small White, Pieris mannii, makes the hop across the Channel.!
Horrendous year so far for butterflies even on days with reasonable weather. Reasonable numbers of orange tips and holly blues earlier, but other than that v few. Worrying.
Definite decrease in butterflies year on year. The current climate does not help with the variable weather with large temperature changes over a few days quite frequently. Noticeable decline in white butterflies round my area. Not far from me seen two colonies of several hundred (maybe more) Heath Fritillary so its not all gloom and doom.
We have Cabbage Whites in the United States and Monarch Butterflies that are well known for the migration. It's remarkable that any insect as fragile as a butterfly is capable of migration. Welcome to Reva! She looked comfortable in her papoose carrier! God bless and safe travels!
@@christrella3134 Your Cabbage Whites being Pieris rapae.. our "Small White".. in New Zealand known as The White Butterfly. The USA has managed to keep the far more destructive brassicae out of the country so far.
@@AShotOfWildlife Good news, and I am aware how our climate is among the most unpredictable, and how ''visitors'' from the continent and North Africa , can be affected.
What do you mean? If you're talking about the butterfly count thing, I have nothing to do with it and I'm pretty sure it's free to take part. I got my stats from last year's count (which is freely available online) and it just happens to be taking place again now. UA-cams T&Cs mean I a required to declare any paid promotions, there are none in this video.
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Congratulations on the birth of your daughter.they grow up so fast..it won't be long before she is out on adventures with you.all the best Peter Ford.
It’s so lovely to see you and your baby daughter Riva out in nature, enjoying the sunshine! I’m sure she’ll learn to love wildlife as much as you do. Loved this video Liam, thank you ❤🏴
What a wonderful bundle of joy ! ❤ Welcome Riva ❤
Thank you for this video on butterfly 🦋 💜 💕
Great to see you out with your apprentice. Congratulations to you and your wife.
What an absolute breathtaking ten minutes I've just experienced watching your vid on butterflies, quality narration, quality content and quality info . Thanks mate 👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you Chris. That's really kind and I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Congratulations on the birth of your lovely daughter, already taking in our treasured countryside! Great butterfly footage. There seemed to have been a lack of them recently, but at the weekend, the roadside brambles were festooned with the fluttering beauties.
Delighted to see you have Reaver, receiving wildlife stories by the comforting tone of your voice, what a wonderful way to develop & grow. I was astonished that butterflies migrate over such long distances, being such delicate insects of colour & beauty.
Thank you for a lovely summeresque nature film teaching us about those miraculous creatures . Congrats on your daughters arrival she is blessed to be in a family of nature lovers .
How lovely to see you with your daughter Liam, you must be so proud of her. Never to early to get them out watching wildlife! Great to see you plug the Big Butterfly Count. I did my count today as the sun was out, saw a few Large Whites, Meadow Browns, Gatekeepers and plenty of Ringlets (and a few Small Skippers, but they aren't on the checklist). Better than I feared, there have been so few butterflies about this year.
Congratulations. How wonderful to see you both out in nature together.
Thank you. I can't wait until she can start to properly see things :)
I’m in the North of England and so far this year we have had no butterflies. Our garden is usually full of them. I saw the first 2 yesterday. There has been a distinct lack of insects this year. One was a Comma, something I haven’t seen before so this video has been helpful.
Lovely to see you and your daughter out and about in nature. What a beautiful start to her dad’s passion. The butterflies were beautiful. Thank you for an informative video. Take care and love to all the family ❤🦋💙
A great assist with you there Liam ❤
Haha, she's in training at the moment. Can't wait until she can hold a camera :)
Really enjoyed this. Congratulations on the birth of your daughter.
Thank you, I can't wait to show her the wonders of nature :)
That’s a wonderful video Liam and so lovely to see you with your daughter 😁
Thank you, I am glad you enjoyed it mate.
Thank you and your little apprentice. That is the most concise and accurate description of our British butterflies I have heard/seen. Sometimes things get a bit too scientific and overwhelming. You made it so simple. Butterflies are special to me.
How beautiful to be joined by your little one and talk about butterflies! You will have so much to chat to her about wildlife!
We once found our then 2 year old grandaughter I the garden, having thought she was quiet, sitting, quietly chatting to sparrows. They were all on the Nationwide, coming to bathe and drink from a tiny birdbath and just Potter about almost close enough for her to touch. A beautiful sight!
Dear Liam That's wonderful . Wonderful Wonderful Wonderful. Oh did I say that's just so wonderful. With all your friends out here , wishing you Joy and love that you have brought to us all.
Shall shine upon you and your bundle of Joy. Ps love to Mrs. Liam .
CONGRATULATIONS ON BIRTH OF YOUR BABY DAUGHTER RIVA--love butterflies great video again many thanks--all the best to you and your family
Another great video and congratulations on the birth of your beautiful little girl.
Thank you Sharon!
Great content Liam! And lovely to meet Riva! 😊
Spotted a Purple Hairstreak when I was fishing on sunday ..beautiful colour
They're a beautiful butterfly!
Really enjoyed watching... Thank you ❤🦋🦋🦋
Thank you!
Congratulations on your daughter. All the best
Thank you!
Enjoyed this video. Beautiful butterflies and a beautiful daughte. Riva.
Thank you on both counts :)
When I retired and moved to this house in a sheltered location I was amazed to see the numbers of Orange Tip butterflies ( and their white females) . I hadn't noticed them up at the farm I came from. Kind of surprised they weren't on this list but they are an early season species so maybe less seen by the survey time.
There were a decent number of Orange Tips in the spring here but since then I've hardly seen any of the normal Peacocks, Red Admirals and Tortoiseshells. I have grown three big budleas in my fairly wild garden just for them . The flowers have started opening in the past ten days so here's hoping.
"Liam's busy with the little one", I thought yesterday. Glad to see another video, Ol' Bean. 😄👍
Very best wishes for your gorgeous baby 👶 congratulations
Thank you!
Great to see you've got Riva working there Liam; start 'em early, that's what I always say..
This lovely film is one to revisit for reference. Excellent!
Nice one Liam. 🌟🌟👍
Thanks William, I can't wait until she can hold a camera :D
Excellent video. Thank you.
Thanks for watching :)
Excellent. More please. Great name for little girl!
Congratulations on your baby daughter! It’s so cool to you see both of you out in the countryside together enjoying nature.
Cheers. I can't wait until she starts to understand the things around her a but more :)
congratulations for the new apprentice! and wonderful video as always ^^
What a bundle of joy ❤ Welcome Riva ❤
Thank you. I can't wait until she can properly interact with the world around her.
Much love too you ❤❤ great channel
Thank you!
Welcome Riva ❤
Thank you!
Congratulations to you and your wife with the birth of Riva, hopefully she will step into her fathers footsteps and start her own series.
such a great video I just love butterflies congrats to you and your wife on the birth of your daughter
Thanks Liam, butterflies are beautiful
Thank you!
Love your videos.
Thank you!
Fatherhood has clearly brought you a lot of joy into your life; we can see it in your face.
So many gorgeous butterflies with their delicate petal wings fluttering away, how could you ever get tired of such beauty. I cannot wait to see the reactions of your little girl to the wonders of nature !
Ohhhhh lovely with your baby, congratulations from Italy Rome ❤️, Beautiful video about butterflies, I love them very much 👍🙋
Thanks.
Thank you for watching!
Have just discovered your channel, and after watching 3 videos, have subscribed. I appreciate the amount of detail and information you fit into just a few minutes, and love that you give measurements in metric and in inches.
Thank you Liam !!!
Thanks for watching Tim!
Congratulations to you both, when I saw your video I wondered when your bubba was due. And there she is.
Cherish each moment as it goes so fast. Mine are 17 and 21 now. 😱😱
Great video as always. 👍🏼👍🏼
Thank you! She is just over 6 weeks old already, time has flown! Soon she will be doing the narration lol
@@AShotOfWildlife she will, 🤣🤣 hope your partner is doing well and recovering post pregers n birth. 🤙🏽🤙🏽
Congratulations Liam, it’s not often you see dads doing their bit, so to take your infant on a wildlife walk is exceptional.
Oh yeah, the vid was good also.
So happy for u Dad! Congratulations 🎉 thank u for another amazing video as always 😊
Nice one Riva great movie very informative or and your Dad didn't do too Bad ❤
Haha, thank you!
Thanks Liam for great information on butterflies. Great also to see your new baby daughter, Riva, with you. Best wishes to all the family. 😊
Very interesting and informative 🙂
I think I’ve often mistaken the Tortoise Shell and thought it was a Red Admiral.
My favourite is the Peacock - so thrilling when I see one in the garden. I grow buddleia in profusion just to attract Peacocks!
I love butterflies, saw the red admiral at my local river yesterday. My favourite has to be the Peacock, had quite alot of them in the garden last year but none so far this year, perhaps when the weather is better. Lovely to see you with the young one. Great vid, thanks 🦋
Thank you very Good video 😁
Cheers Ruth! Im glad you enjoyed it. Which is your favourite butterfly?
Thanks I like all of them OK 👍👍👍😁😁😁@@AShotOfWildlife
Another enjoyable episode. Congratulations on the babe.cheers .
Thank you!
Congratulation to baby Riva
Thank you!
We mostly get Tortoiseshell, Cabbage Whites, Red Admirals, and Painted Ladies here.
Great documentation Liam, thanks.
I get both whites, gatekeepers, both blues and red admiral in my wild garden in Essex.
Thank you. That's a good haul for a garden, have you noticed less about this year?
@@AShotOfWildlife We used to have all sorts, same with the bees / wasps etc, yes, have noticed a decline...Thanks Liam.
🎉 congratulations 🎉 to your whole family 🎉
Thank you!
My favourite butterfly is the black and red butterflies in the UK, when I was little, a red and black butterfly landed on my nose. I heard loud buzzing for a second and then it left. Butterflies can taste with their feet and can have memories from their baby stage.
Them having memory from when they're caterpillars is really interesting. I'll do some research on that as it's amazing if so!
@@AShotOfWildlife my sister told me about them having memory slots or something, a bit like a folder or file of memories. Well that's what I got from what she said. She raised some butterflies herself. She loves it
Congrats on the birth of your daughter.
Cheers Peter. She's just over 6 weeks old now, time is flying by!
As much as I think butterflies are beautiful I am terrified of them.
I think it's the erratic flying pattern.
And am sure it's a childhood garden encounter leading to a phobia.😢
Once again I must be too early for the one to check out as it doesn't appear.
Great to see you and your daughter bonding I love it❤
MY SISTER INLAW WAS THE SAME, BUT WOULD HANDLE THE BIGGESTS SPIDER'S.
Thanks Paul. My wife is scared of butterflies, birds and leaves, pretty much anything that flies.
I can't wait until Reeva can properly interact with the world around her 😀
@@AShotOfWildlife Then if she is anything like my daughter she will be eating the spiders and the worms that she finds.🤣🤣
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firstly congratulations on becoming a Dad and i hope your wife is feeling herself again soon!
i don't get meadow brown, i have a very small meadow, though i also get painted ladies, brimstone's, ringlet, wall brown, small copper, small skipper. i have deliberately planted flowers to attract them and it is paying off, i have a tiny spot of marsh, but it is not attracting butterfly's or sun-dew, though it has all the mosses
Don't forget the Brimstone, the original reason why butterflies were called butter flies.
In my day, I've known the small white as the Lesser Cabbage White.
I am surprised the Speckled Wood isn't in this video.
I was surprised it didn't feature in the top ten list as well!
Brought back memories of my seven years in England.
5:59 At least one of those seemed like the Green-veined white to me. Or is it just the shadows on the wings? I was rather surprised that it didn't make it into the list as I often saw them alongside the other two whites.
ME TOO.
I agree.
Yes, I have accidentally included a green veined white. Not sure how I missed that.... doh!
A great subject for a video Liam. Congratulations to you and mum on bringing little Riva into the world☺️ She looks no bigger than some of your camera lenses!
You better do some weight training to carry her like that next year! 🤣👍
Haha, she's actually quite a chunk (but I'm also a bit bigger than people think on screen). Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed the topic.
Where are they all this year? We have a garden full of buddleia blossom which is usually covered in butterflies all day long. This year there are only ever one or two on each bush at a time.
Despite my buddleia being in full bloom this year I have yet to see a butterfly.
Thats a shame. I've noticed lots more in the last week or so, but early summer was terrible for butterflies.
@@AShotOfWildlife Thats true
Congratulations on becoming a daddy may both your journeys be full of wildlife - have you noticed the lack of butterflies this year and moths too ❤
Hi Liam thank u for bringing ur precious daughter along ...before U know it she will be running along side u 😊 I love butterflies and moths are u able to cover moths and other insects too ?
Be good to see ANY this year🧐🤔
I've noticed a lot more the last few days for sure. The rain hasn't helped them unfortunately.
@@AShotOfWildlife :I have a small garden stocked with plants that give a good spread of insect food over the months from April to September but this year has been desperate until the Lavender bloomed which now has the 'Petrol Beetles, Honey Bees and a couple of types of Bumble Bees. Last year was good for Hover Flies, this year not yet a one. I am in a country village in the east midlands and I subscribe to iRecord for unusual mini beasts but I have to hunt now rather than just see.
I have lost a Box to that damned moth though which I suitably reported.
Think I've seen most of these where I live in Scotland, though not the meadow brown. Given that you live near the Norfolk Broads Liam it would be great to see sometime some footage of swallowtails if you can find them....I believe the Broads is the only place in the UK where they live?
Here's a video from a few weeks back, where I found Swallowtails :) ua-cam.com/video/fWdJs7OjTlM/v-deo.html
I haven’t seen a single butterfly on my buddlieas this year. In fact, I have only seen 3 butterflies in the last month on my numerous walks around Milton Keynes. FriendsKent have said that they too haven’t seen any. What is going on?
LOUSY COLD , RAINY, WINDY YEAR.
I have noticed a lot more in the past few days, have you?
@@AShotOfWildlife there are a few about, I even saw two whites 🙂
really good
Thank you!
Great video, but the numbers are low this summer for some reason.
Lovely video mate. Really enjoyed it. Out walking the dogs the other day I met a chap looking up at a tree watching a purple emperor. I couldn’t see it. Do you know what the rarest butterflies in the uk are?
Living in the east Midlands we've seen hardly any butterflies. Not one even on buddlei flowers. Not many bee's either. It's very worrying. Such a decline of insects all round 😢😢
rarer than hens teeth in Northumberland, hardly any seen where i live this year
Thanks!
About the migratory butterflies, has anyone witness individuals or large number of them crossing the English channel? I find it weird how these type of animals seem to just spawn near you when the time is right.
Adult butterflies can survive the winter and this year I saw one on the wing in April albeit very tattered. It is not known exactly how the larvae overwinter but in some places in the south of England a brood emerges in early May and this year they produced a second in late June. I think they stay fairly local to where they breed and it is the migrants that we see in the garden on buddleia for instance but I have not seen any of these yet.
@@Hugh-nr5sx Thank you for the explanation, long range migratory insects are fascinating.
I don't think they migrate en masse and instead gradually move over from mainland europe. I have seen them gathering in autumn near the south east coast and have found some rare vagrant butterflies in the past.
@@AShotOfWildlife Thank you for the answer, now that i have you here, congrats on the baby! May all three of you have a long happy life.
Hi liam
Hi Sinead! What are you doing in my swamp?!
How do things like delicate migratory butterflies cross the English Channel?
Oops.. 5:38 is a napi not a rapae.! Also the two at 5:59.! Pieris napi or Green vein Whites are not regarded as Cabbage Whites. The rapae is widespread including the US and Australasia and is called the Cabbage White in the former and White Butterfly in New Zealand thence Pieris should be used to mean White (cf Marbled White which is a Brown).
Ah, you are correct about the butterfly at 5:38, I didn't pay enough attention to that clip... why do you think the 2 at 5.59 are as well?
I have heard both of them referred to as cabbage whites in the UK, sometimes as small cabbage whites and large cabbage whites.
@@AShotOfWildlife Hiya you can clearly seen the venation on both of their underwings. Please go back to original comment for example non-UK but in the UK both the brassicae and rapae are collectively known as Cabbage Whites. The napi have a somewhat different larval foodplant as I understand it and are not destructive to commercial brassicas like the other two. There was an interesting clip on Springwatch 2023 (I think) explaining how a parasitic wasp mitigates the numbers of Large Whites (brassicae). The distribution of the rapae is fascinating.. not yet reached South Africa.. but in the USA for example they have managed to keep the brassicae out. Hope this helps, but it it is only going to get more involved when the Southern Small White, Pieris mannii, makes the hop across the Channel.!
Horrendous year so far for butterflies even on days with reasonable weather. Reasonable numbers of orange tips and holly blues earlier, but other than that v few. Worrying.
Definite decrease in butterflies year on year. The current climate does not help with the variable weather with large temperature changes over a few days quite frequently. Noticeable decline in white butterflies round my area.
Not far from me seen two colonies of several hundred (maybe more) Heath Fritillary so its not all gloom and doom.
Where is the vey common, Woodland Brown.
the real name is flutterbys not BUTTERFLIES lol . butter lol.
DEFINE COMMON,---THERES NO SUCH THING AS A COMMON, BUTTERFLY, NOW, IN THE LATE 40'S AND 50'S, WE KIDS USED TO COLLECT THEM AND MOTHS, EVERYWHERE.
Interestingly a lot of the species in this video have officially increased in numbers since the 1970s, although I do agree with the sentiment.
Most common doesn't mean common, it means most common... Something can be the most common of the rarest thing.
We have Cabbage Whites in the United States and Monarch Butterflies that are well known for the migration. It's remarkable that any insect as fragile as a butterfly is capable of migration. Welcome to Reva! She looked comfortable in her papoose carrier! God bless and safe travels!
@@christrella3134 Your Cabbage Whites being Pieris rapae.. our "Small White".. in New Zealand known as The White Butterfly. The USA has managed to keep the far more destructive brassicae out of the country so far.
@@AShotOfWildlife Good news, and I am aware how our climate is among the most unpredictable, and how ''visitors'' from the continent and North Africa , can be affected.
Nah just another sales merchant.
What do you mean? If you're talking about the butterfly count thing, I have nothing to do with it and I'm pretty sure it's free to take part. I got my stats from last year's count (which is freely available online) and it just happens to be taking place again now. UA-cams T&Cs mean I a required to declare any paid promotions, there are none in this video.