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23 March

As I still cannot spend a long amount of time outside without my hives flaring up again, my mother conducted this observation by accident. Sunny weather with temperatures around 11°C (~11 AM) and weak chilly winds shouldn't have made many observations possible but this wasn't the case.

+-------------------------+---------------------------------+--------+
| Species                 | Location                        | Status |
+-------------------------+---------------------------------|--------+
| Aglais io               | Zone II / III                   | Adult  |
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|--------|
| Anthocharis cardamines  | ! Mixed Field !                 | Adult  |
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|--------|
| Gonepteryx rhamni       | Zone II                         | Adult  |
+-------------------------+---------------------------------+--------+

As I was about to confirm those sightings, my Canon EOS 60D suddenly saw its contact assembly fatally failing. I also was forced to cancel my confirmation trip due to my new hazel pollen allergy getting worse again – all I got to observe was an unidentifiable butterfly that either could've been a A. urticae or P. c-album.

While it's impressive how the first butterflies are active despite the lack of nectar plants and frosty temperatures at night, I can't do any field trips for as long as I'm being plagued by hives, which began right at the start of the hazel pollen season. I never reacted to hazel pollen before but that's particularly unusual is the persistent poor air quality since January.