How did you get on?
I know that PBs have been out at Mabie.

I've got the 2005-2012 butterfly national distribution maps for Scotland courtesy of Richard Fox@BC. Orkney only shows ~12 species incl. immigrants like Clouded Yellow & Painted Lady. Just be grateful that it's Orkney & not Shetland (7 species)! Of course lack of recorder effort could be a p...

Final version is in. "“Butterflies and More” Appin Village Hall & Glasdrum NNR 30 and 31 May 2014. The Appin Hall - Friday night - .19:00 – 21:15 Butterflies and More- Glasdrum National Nature Reserve 30 – 31 May 2014 Friday 30 May 2014: 19:00 –20:00 : Talk on Butterflies and moths. 20:00 –...

To be fair those were sites which hadn't had any records for one reason or other for years that required checking rather than a list of sites that did have current records. In my branch area (Glasgow & Sw Scotland) we only have PB around the Solway & then up in Argyll. If you have the time y...

If you are driving up you could try Mabie Forest near Dumfries.
You could try asking Tom Prescott (BCS Senior Conservation Officer) - he lives in Kingussie.
This is an old document but may give you a start http://www.southwestscotland-butterflie ... ands.shtml

SNH have been faffing around a bit - this is the current proposal but not yet finalised. "Re: “Butterflies and More” Glasdrum 30 and 31 May 2014. With reference to the week end at the end of May, herewith the proposed final programme program. The Appin Hall is available on Friday night and I ha...

would love to but it is a bit far away for me ...

Did anybody else see the piece about Brown Argus on last night's edition of The One Show?
Available on iPlayer http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... 5_04_2014/ & go to about 22:30mins.

It's a 5 year old model so I hope that you got it for not a lot.

I would also vote for a Caddis of some description.

my guess would be a 10-spot but I'm no expert.

approx. budget?

If you are thinking of coming up to see CS this year Scottish Natural Heritage have asked if Butterfly Conservation Scotland could hold another event at Glasdrum so we shall be over 31st May & 1st June. If you are around love to see you & have a chat. Details tba when SNH finalise their arra...

If anybody fancies a trip up from the South for a little light exercise & a good chance of seeing otters & 2 types of eagle whilst benefiting lepidoptera ... Even a few hours as part of an island holiday. Details: The day-flying Slender Scotch Burnet moth is known from only 6-7 sites on Mull...

Welcome, Angie - the Scottish contingent here is growing slowly.
but if you could point the butterflies westwards, please ...

Happy Birthday, Pete. Hope that you had a great day.

last looks like a Fox Moth?

includes " Magical Moth Migration: Amazingly, tiny Silver Y moths are the UK's biggest migrant species. They leave our shores in their hundreds of millions each September, heading south to the Mediterranean to escape the freezing winter. How these tiny insects achieve this momentous journey has...

the bottom one is, I think, the Hoverfly Ferdinandea cuprea.

NickMorgan wrote:

andy brown wrote: Similarly with Small Coppers. Last year I noticed a lot of them were what is considered the caeruleopunctata abberation.

you may call it an aberration but I honestly believe that in Scotland (or at least parts of it) that it is the dominant form ...
(just to keep stirring the pot )