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- Tue Dec 19, 2023 11:42 am
- Forum: Holly Blue
- Topic: Scottish Holly Blue
- Replies: 2
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Scottish Holly Blue
It's still hard to say what the general habits are of Holly Blue up here in Scotland or indeed just how long they have been establishing a network of distribution. It's clear from this year that they have been running right through the country for as long as two decades pretty much under the radar w...
- Tue Dec 19, 2023 11:17 am
- Forum: Common Blue
- Topic: Common Blue - Favourite Photo of 2023
- Replies: 18
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Re: Common Blue - Favourite Photo of 2023
I didnt actually see that many this year for one reason and another. Thin on the ground in the most typical spots. This female was one of the few up at Greenlaw Dean in June.
- Tue Dec 12, 2023 9:22 pm
- Forum: Large Skipper
- Topic: Large Skipper - Favourite Photo of 2023
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10577
Re: Large Skipper - Favourite Photo of 2023
Female Large Skips are worth chasing. Like little flaming arrows. They can be spotted a good distance off in green grass. We have been lucky across the southern Scottish Borders with a good numbers most years. They have been slow to show further north but are getting there.
- Mon Dec 04, 2023 11:58 pm
- Forum: Holly Blue
- Topic: Holly Blue - Favourite Photo of 2023
- Replies: 14
- Views: 14802
Re: Holly Blue - Favourite Photo of 2023
...Probably the most beautiful Butterfly I had seen all year. That really is quite sumptuous, Iain. Even though they're common round my way, it still makes my heart jump when I see a fresh female posed like that. Yes a corker of thing David. Still relatively scarce up here. It was a season to long ...
- Mon Dec 04, 2023 10:29 am
- Forum: Holly Blue
- Topic: Holly Blue - Favourite Photo of 2023
- Replies: 14
- Views: 14802
Re: Holly Blue - Favourite Photo of 2023
I get very few bites at Holly Blue in former years feeding on the scraps whilst others elsewhere have enjoyed unfettered access. It's been frustrating. South east Scotland this year however was very well lit up revealing at last the hiding places of the Holly Blue. An embarrassment of riches. Good t...
- Sat Nov 25, 2023 1:20 am
- Forum: Green Hairstreak
- Topic: Green Hairstreak - Favourite Photo of 2023
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5580
Re: Green Hairstreak - Favourite Photo of 2023
Chased them around for ages without finding any and then suddenly found a decent site with multiples everywhere. My eyesight is pretty poor these days and Greenstreaks are easily the most difficult to see. Din Moss Scottish Borders in May.
- Wed Nov 22, 2023 8:43 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Winners and losers 2023
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7499
Re: Winners and losers 2023
Scottish Borders, It's Holly Blue all day long. A local world breaking innings. Followed by White-letter Hairstreak with another amazing season. Dark Green Fritillary and then Speckled Wood. Losers were Small Tortoiseshell, Meadow Brown, Green-veined White and possibly Small Pearl that did appear to...
- Sat Nov 11, 2023 9:22 am
- Forum: Comma
- Topic: Comma - Favourite Photo of 2023
- Replies: 23
- Views: 17290
Re: Comma - Favourite Photo of 2023
Nothing much compares to Comma for excitement. Spring Comma chasing is always much anticipated. Summer Comma are always fleeting and elusive yet finding a perfect one can mean everything. Then the late summer and Autumn Comma. To be torn to pieces by Bramble thorns whilst hunting the ultimate Comma ...
- Sat Nov 11, 2023 9:10 am
- Forum: Dark Green Fritillary
- Topic: Dark Green Fritillary - Favourite Photo of 2023
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5223
Re: Dark Green Fritillary - Favourite Photo of 2023
A bogey Butterfly that often gets away before Im anywhere near. This year was a little different for a while visiting on three consecutive mornings during late June. The weather was well naff however that suited me fine as I was able to stumble across piles of Dark Greens sitting silently in the gra...
- Mon Sep 18, 2023 10:29 am
- Forum: Competitions
- Topic: Annual 2023 Competition
- Replies: 60
- Views: 77048
Re: Annual 2023 Competition
Scottish Borders White-letter Hairstreaks 2023.
- Sun Nov 27, 2022 7:47 pm
- Forum: Competitions
- Topic: Annual 2022 Competition
- Replies: 128
- Views: 26368
Re: Annual 2022 Competition
A Scottish White-letter Hairstreak female feeding on Oak along the Alewater Banks Eyemouth, Scottish Borders.
- Fri Nov 18, 2022 6:53 pm
- Forum: Competitions
- Topic: Annual 2022 Competition
- Replies: 128
- Views: 26368
Re: Annual 2022 Competition
Speckled Wood among the last of the Thistle drifts in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders late 2022
- Tue Nov 15, 2022 7:06 pm
- Forum: Competitions
- Topic: Annual 2022 Competition
- Replies: 128
- Views: 26368
Re: Annual 2022 Competition
Northern Brown Argus male at Burnmouth, Scottish Borders June 2022
- Sun Jan 02, 2022 1:00 pm
- Forum: Northern Brown Argus
- Topic: Northern Brown Argus - Favourite Photo of 2021
- Replies: 9
- Views: 950
Re: Northern Brown Argus - Favourite Photo of 2021
Thanks David. How common is it to see the spots on all wings? Really quite common. 1 in 5 I would say. It really will depend on a lot of local factors. Some years better than others. My tuppenny-ha'pennys worth of Northern Brown Argus post 2021. A decent season. Not record breaking. Average to midd...
- Fri Nov 19, 2021 3:46 am
- Forum: Competitions
- Topic: Annual 2021 Competition
- Replies: 131
- Views: 28053
Re: Annual 2021 Competition
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary feeding frenzy with a fancy aberrant form center stage. Gordon Community Woodland.
- Fri Nov 19, 2021 3:45 am
- Forum: Competitions
- Topic: Annual 2021 Competition
- Replies: 131
- Views: 28053
Re: Annual 2021 Competition
Wall Brown male Burnmouth. First generation.
- Fri Nov 19, 2021 3:40 am
- Forum: Competitions
- Topic: Annual 2021 Competition
- Replies: 131
- Views: 28053
Re: Annual 2021 Competition
Orange-tip male Chirnside, Scottish Borders.
- Thu Feb 11, 2021 10:19 am
- Forum: Northern Brown Argus
- Topic: Northern Brown Argus - Favourite Photo of 2020
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1111
Re: Northern Brown Argus - Favourite Photo of 2020
Due to travel restrictions I was completely unable to look at any of the inland colonies during 2020. On the coast however I indulged in a few of the more intimate NBA sites dotted along the coast between Eyemouth and Burnmouth on the Berwickshire, South East Scotland coastline. This grand specimen ...
- Sat Dec 12, 2020 10:48 pm
- Forum: Competitions
- Topic: Annual 2020 Competition
- Replies: 87
- Views: 46623
Re: Annual 2020 Competition
Congrats to all, fantastic winning image Simon, well done indeed. Well done the judges picking through that lot. A superb entry list again this year. Rosalyn's Black Hairstreak I liked, Greenanrol's Essex Skip, though all three images were winners, Nigel Kiteley, Grizzled Skip. All too good. :) Chee...
- Wed Nov 25, 2020 7:05 pm
- Forum: Competitions
- Topic: Annual 2020 Competition
- Replies: 87
- Views: 46623
Re: Annual 2020 Competition
2020 efforts from across the Scottish Border.