Wow it’s been a long summer… welcome back!
Some of you may remember that we run a competition here each week. Your first challenge, should you choose to accept it is:
THE BIG BUTTERFLY COUNT
How many types of butterfly can you identify in your garden or nearest park. Try to go somewhere that has lots of flowers as they attract the butterflies. This is a national scheme run every year in August to count the different types of butterfly species all over the country. The reason this is done is so that scientists know which species are endangered and which are doing well.
Use this ID chart to help with your butterfly spotting.
You will need to sit in one place, ideally in the sunshine, for about 20 minutes and note down all the species you see.
You can post your sightings in the comments box below, or you can print off your ID chart and bring it to show me!
I can’t wait to get all sciency.
Quick update: I did the challenge on Sunday in Nunhead Cemetery. I saw about 6 Butterflies. 2 Speckled Woods and 4 Small Whites. Here are the best pictures I took. 
Mr Harper-Penrose
Selsdon and Heavers Science Blog 
Reblogged this on Selsdon Year 2.
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Reblogged this on Selsdon Year 1 and commented:
Hello Year 1. Here is this year’s very first competition on our Science blog. Would you like to take the challenge of the Big Butterfly Count? I wonder if we will spot any at school next week.
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Reblogged this on Selsdon year 5 and commented:
Come on Year 5s !! Let’s see how many butterflies you can identify !!
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I found 8! At Selsdon recreation ground in the wood part just above the sun.
I sat there for 22 minutes, I found the ‘Gatekeeper, Meadow brown, Small white, Small copper, Red admiral, Peach peacock, Brimstone and Speckled wood.’
Sorry Mr H P, my printer is jammed atm, can’t print anything so I was unable to print of the chart.
Competition #1 2015
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Wow Sophie! You smashed the Butterfly Challenge! Well done. Which did you think was the coolest looking flutterby?
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Thank you Mr Penrose, I thought by far it was the ‘Peach Peacock.’
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Peacocks are beautiful! If you want to learn more about the different species, come and see me tomorrow… I’ve got some good books.
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Ok, thank you, Mr Penrose!
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Sorry Mr Penrose, I didn’t know what time to come! What time should I come tomorrow?
😊
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I’m at Heavers tomorrow. Come and see me on Thursday lunchtime and you can borrow any book you like. 🙂
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Or even in reading time… Then you could read it during morning reading!
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Ok, thank you again!
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When will the next challenge be on here Mr H-P?
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I’ll put it up this afternoon 🙂
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knock,know. whos there. mr dino with a paw. mr dino with a paw who. mr dinopaw
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im in 5p
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This is an old competition!
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