Thursday, 22nd April 2021: Green Hairstreaks on Adel Moor

Last April, we were very excited when local nature enthusiasts, Lisa and Andy, found a colony of Green Hairstreak butterflies on Adel Moor – the first sighting in the Leeds area other than on Otley Chevin. 

Well, they were back this year and the counts were: 22nd April – 1 seen; 24th April – 2 seen; 25th April – 4 seen.

Unfortunately, the weather has not been kind since the end of April. Let’s hope that they were able to breed and they will be back next year.

If you would like to find out more about Green Hairstreaks and see the photographs from last year, have a look at our blog entry for the 25th April 2020.