Perfect wind free conditions this morning. Just had time to pop up to our local NNR with strict instructions to be back to meet visitors at 10.30am. Found a reported master purple hairstreak oak within easy walking distance of home. 4/5 flying high at 8.45 who dissapeared when sun went very hazy. Su...

Glad you enjoyed your time in our Norfolk, you visited some of the prime spots that not everyone knows about. Eric

On sat july 2nd I saw at least 8-10 DGF's in the bracken each side of the Burbage brook bridge that the A625 crosses the brook. Sun 3rd saw 3 high up on the moors where a little stone walkers bridge crosses Burbage brook. Both these site I would count as moorland & not dales. Eric

Thankyou GOLDENORFE for the info on concave/convex HBF/DGF forewing edges. I had not come across this distinction before but have now found it on a site devoted to European bf's. UKB only mentions the small third spot in on the forewing in their upperside differentiation. Adrian Riley only mentions ...

Dashed up to Honister on wed morn from my overnight at Daughters in Sheffield. Cold & windy & missed the previous days good weather. First look at the tramway track to drumhouse was a little daunting for someone of my physical limitations! Managed it with several stops for a breather. No MR'...

Lawts - that might have been me who had been seaching all day with no luck, I did not see anyone else there all day. If you flagged down the wardens LR & got the glade info from him, I had just told him in the cp where the young researcher who I kept meeting all day told me the glade was the pla...

Cracking photo GOLDENORFE, & glad to hear they are out. I am up in Cumbria wed/thur/fri so hope I can get lucky this week. Eric

Many thanks for the kind comments on my PE pics, it was an amazing experience & well worth getting into trouble at home for! (it was the wifes birthday) Suzie, I too wondered if he would make it & perhaps should have stayed longer to see the outcome but we wanted to move on. Question for the...

Arrived @ 9am with cool breeze blowing, slowly walked the track opposite the gliding club looking in all the trees. Found 5/6 White Admirals & several common woodland species. Had a diverting moment when 8 Fallow Deer stood on the track looking at us. Carried on down round the bend & had a g...

tues 21st I walked with a NWT group round RSPB Lakenheath fen (wetland well known as a former carrot field). G Orioles & Cranes did not show & I gather sightings have been sparse this year, but we did see the escapee Harris Hawk now living there. Walking back along the little ouse floodbank ...

Afraid photoshop is all mumbo jumbo to me, could not understand it so deleted it from my pc. I have an old copy of paint shop pro 5 & no idea what most of it if for. So I just alter the brightness & contrast in psp5, if I cannot get an image I like in a couple of clicks the photo is deleted!...

Yesterday 17th I managed to dash over to Crowle moor taking time out from a Sheffield visit to see grandchildren. Easy on the Mways & off @ junc 2 M180. Crowle was larger than I expected with lots of tiny narrow streets. The brown/white little duck signs for the nature reserve led me through the...

made an early start & arr on site 8.30am, only 2/3 flying then. Soon warmed up & saw at least 2 doz, they have now spread over the site & across the road to near car park. A few photos i/c mating pr M with wings open. Eric dl 15a 06 11 Sony H50 025 SSblue mating pr M wings open.jpg dl 15...

I has a look at Bedford purlius last friday as mentioned in my report of our visit to Glapthorn. The ride in question for WLH's & SWF's has been cut down over the winter, no brambles or understory etc. We did think that although vegitation is growing now, the site might not be up to it's usual s...

Lovely clear blue sky morning today untill clouds rolled in @ 11am. After seeing a local Red Kite (still not common in Norfolk) early on, I thought my luck might be in. Tried the west track @ Holkham again to Burnham Overy dunes. Found 2 Dark Green Frits nectering on wild privet in east end of dunes...

Having planned a trip to Glapthorne Cow Pasture (a wood) today, we were slightly discouraged by the very bad BBC one weather forecast @ 6.15am. It promised lots of rain through Northants/Cambs/Norfolk. Good job we ignored it & went anyway, super morning weather perfect, little wind nice temp &am...

I did a walk this morning down the west track at Holkham & out past the Joe Jordan hide to the dunes. Nearly at the dunes I saw a White admiral (photo attached) this is a known site for them. Also a Broad bordered bee hawk moth but was unable to get the camera on to it. Also saw 3 Red Admirals, ...

On a cold windy 24/5 we only saw one SB at Totternhoe but found plenty in the churchyard at Pitstone (no walking!) & I understand there is a reserve nearby with 100's. Eric

Now I have finally found out to post photos, I thought I would add these 2 from our Strumshaw visit on may 13th. The one with the dark green thistle background is different to those we usually see taken on the "sweet williams in the Doctors gdn dl 13 05 11Sony H50 006 Swallowtail.jpg dl 13 05 1...

Hockley wood Essex produced good numbers of Heath frits on wednesday 1st. here are afew photos i/c mating pair. Eric