On a similar matter, I am also fairly convinced that one of the best images in the July competition is a cut & paste job* - a butterfly pasted onto a different background. It is a beautiful picture, and is also the image I intend voting for! Roger Harding (*I do not know for sure, so I shall no...

Great skipper shot Bill! Although I think your skippers may be Small Skipper - there's definitely a brown tinge on their ends. Cheers, - Pete Thanks Pete. I wasn't sure but I thought that one was an Essex (the one closest in the above photo) and one was a small but they wouldn't interbreed (by mist...

Hi folks The first decent day for what seems like a year and I was in the car pack at BW at 0810 (I live 5 miles away!). I've been visiting the wood for the last 2 or 3 years and have never seen a Purple Emperor. Over the last few weeks I've been going whenever I can whenever it has been even vaguel...

White admirals also out in Bentley Wood although I've no photos yet.

Bill

I will be going past the Wyre forest a week on friday will it be to late for Pearl Bordered Frits? If not any area to try in the forest most appreciated. Thanks Mark Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but if the population in Bentley Wood is anything to go by then yes it would be too late. Bill S

http://www.sussex-butterflies.org.uk/sightings.html Also note- Pete the addy has changed for sightings in Sussex, so you might want to amend your links page. Dark Greens and Marbled Whites also out. Danny Sightings of Silver Washed had been documented in the log book in Bentley Wood carpark over th...

Superb shots Steve, thanks for sharing.

Bill

Thank you Guy for those extra tips on seperating these two species, very useful. The latest female picture from Martin has prominent chequering across the fringes on the hind wing and no chequering on the forewing. But on the hindwing but it looks to only go 1/2 way across. On the female in my pictu...

Hi all 1st post here, I'm in the same boat after a trip to Martin Down today. It's the first time I've seen Adonis Blue (I think) and logically the first time I've seen them alongside the Common Blue, so I'm trying to get my eye in! Can someone please check that I'm on the right track with my IDs, s...