2005 - Whitby Naturalists

Greater nurnbers of Orange Tips were reported this ycar starting with
singlcs on April 20,r, and the Z 1,,. Nine in one place were scen on May
12,i'with a male and a female at a diffcrent plerce. At ieast thrce rvere
seen on May 15,r' and one on tfuc 22"a. An unusualLy late sightirrg was
reporred on August Z9'n.
Rcports ol'"Vthites", (sornc nol differentiating between Large and
Smali) , startcd in N{ay - rtvo on 1 | rn, four on 15th and two on the 22"0.
Three on May 2?,h rvere reported as "Ycilorv Sinail'Whites". I looked
these up in rhe nevr "Butterflies of Yorkshire" book edited b-v
H.M.Frosr, whicir said "Around ftrrry varieties of the Small'!ilhite have
'heen ciescrihed, rvilh a very ycilow fOrm which in tlight might bc
mistaken for a "Pale Cbuded Yeilow". There werc sporadic reporrs in
June and from a \{rhirbV Hospital window sorne could be seen on
suitablc days. Other pcoplc said there had been lots of 'Whites up to
AuEust 31""
Two unspccified Blues rvere secn on May Z9th, and two Common blues
were rcpor[ed, one on June l8't' and one on June 28'n.
Small Heaths wefe reported frorn Mulgiave'Woods on March Z3'a and
"lots" in Ellerburn Bank bJature reserve gn June 28th, then just one on
jtrne 30th and tq,'o on SeptemberZQtn'
Aiso in thc Elierburur Bank feserve onJunc /$th, were "lots" of Ringlcts.
Onc was secn on June J0't', rwo on july' 3'a and s