Thanks Paul.

Rich

Can anyone help ID this creature please. The body markings appear similar to some clearwings however, the antennae seem longer, adding to my confusion.

Rich

Langdon Hills, Willow park. Saw about fifteen Meadow brown, 10 Common Blue, 1 Comma, 8 Speckled Wood, a five spot Burnet, a Small Heath, and with almost every step in the meadow I disturbed several Burnet Companions totalling scores. I had to share the beauty below. I couldn't believe my luck in se...

Langdon Hills, Willow park. Saw about fifteen Meadow brown, 10 Common Blue, 1 Comma, 8 Speckled Wood, a five spot Burnet, a Small Heath, and with almost every step in the meadow I disturbed several Burnet Companions totalling scores. I had to share the beauty below. I couldn't believe my luck in see...

Thanks. With luck, where there's one....

Rich

Can anyone help ID this creature. It looks like a Butterfly to me. I've looked at my books and various internet resources and can find nothing to clarify it. It is (admittedly) a rather ragged specimen, making wing outline mistakable. I wonder if it is aberrant? Thanks for looking.

Rich

Thanks for the replies chaps.

Rich

Just had a lovely picnic in Willow Park, Langdon hills. Loads of Moths disturbed as we walked through the meadow. Saw a Brimstone, 5 Speckled Wood, and the one below. Having trouble with ID, best guess Gatekeeper.

Rich

Langdon Hills with members of Cambridge/Essex group. Several Grizzled Skippers, and a couple of green Hairstreaks and common Blue. Also a Mother Shipton, and a number of Burnet Companions. Rich Grizzled Skipper Langdon 22 May 2011 (2).JPGcrop.jpg Green Hairstreak Langdon 22 May 2011 (15).JPGcrop.jpg...

Thanks Guy. I'm doing my best, using four guides and the UK butterfly conservation pics, but novices like me are bound to have problems I guess. My poor point and shoot has been doing overtime these past few months. Considering the subject matter, I'm quite pleased with the results on the whole.

Rich

You guys realize that I'm going to spend the whole season asking for confimation/ID of my butterflies! Here's another. I think it's a female green veined white. Captured at Langdon Hills, Willow park. Not as sharp as I would have liked, but it wouldn't sit still for more than a couple of seconds. Al...

Thanks for your info chaps.

Rich

Wicken Fen yesterday, windy and dull much of the time. Only two single sightings, Speckled wood and Red Admiral. Moved on to Anglesey Abbey where I saw the Butterfly below. Being relatively new to this I would like confirmation of the species/sex. It looks like a Wood white with its rounded forewing...

This (I think female) Holly Blue was sitting on my Forsythia bush for some time this afternoon, enabling a number of shots with both my point and shoot and my daughter's Fuji S1800.
Rich

Just returned from a lovely walk in Langdon Hills. Luckily at the end of my walk I saw this obliging Grizzled Skipper who posed for about a minute before deciding to move on. Also saw a speckled wood, three male Orange tips and about ten females. Rich Grizzled skipper Langdon Hills May 8th 2011 (7)....

As a newbie to this hobby, I was thrilled to see my first grizzled Skipper two days ago at langdon Hills, Basildon (been on a Resuscitation Course wed/thurs, hence delay in posting here), also four female Orange tips and a male, plus three Speckled wood.

Rich

This Beautiful Comma obliged me by sunning itself on a horse Chestnut tree on the bank of the Mayenne river. Comma Mayenne.jpg And this one was found resting in a Butterfly reserve "Parc" in Fougeres. Before cropping the picture it was easy to see how well it's camouflaged at rest. Comma F...

Thanks for the confirmation Pete. Being a newbie here, I still have much to learn.

Rich

All week I was chasing the Butterfly below in the belief that it was a White. I may be be wrong, so please step in and correct me, but I now think it is a female orange tip. It would make sense as the little beauties would not sit still for more than a second or two, but kept darting up and around t...

Thanks Chris