Wonder if anyone can shed any light on this?... Went to Minsmere on Friday, knowing from the RSPB literature they use to advertise the reserve that they tell you to look out for Silver Studded Blue and having seen, on some forum or BC website, the previous week a group had been there looking for SSB...

Rosy Rustic wrote:. but I did get a Purple Hairstreak.

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Hope this link works! http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getamap/frames.htm?mapAction=gaz&gazName=p&gazString=MARTLESHAM HEATH Park at layby at TM 238 452 (Dobb's corner), walk south and east and check heather, it is a very small heath, with only patches of heather. Steve http://www.freewe...

Thanks Rosie - too kind! (The intervening leaf was annoying....but can't nail the blighters down where you want them, can you?) I agree with you - Purple Hairstreaks are difficult and un-cooperative, so getting those shots is an achievement indeed! I've been to Fermyn (and Brampton) and other woods ...

if you do visit brampton wood be prepared to have your car broken into... it happened to me last week :cry: :cry: :cry: charles Tough call Charles - sorry to hear that! (Luckily the state of my old heap seems to confirm that nothing worthwhile is in there; as I said to JackHarr..the diesel is worth...

I am hoping to get to Foxley wood in Norfolk to spot a White Admiral but work keeps getting in the way!! Angie I read somewhere there is a tree-top walk (at the Holkham estate, possibly) in Norfolk where it is possible to see Purple Hairstreak on their level. Holkham Woods between the bay and Wells...

Went to Brampton Wood (Grid ref:TL184698) - a relatively local venue - on Sunday. White Admirals flying there now - tho' not in great numbers yet. wa_4_29_06_2008.jpg Also White Letter Hairstreak (tho didn't see any) are reported in the elms at the W-NW end of the wood. Also end of the Black Hairstr...

Markulous wrote: ... Mr Squeak, a Common or Short Tailed Vole who (until recently) lived in my garden. Shot taken with Sony Ericsson 750i mobile (so only a couple of inches away!)

Cute! But rather ominously you said "until recently"...what happened!
N

Hi Steve Martlesham Heath - I was in the vicinity on Friday and didn't see a thing in 4 hours of walking and driving around the area. Obviously quite localised? All I found was Martlesham Heath Industrial Estate, Martlesham Heath Residential Area, pieces of woodlands, interspersed with arable and la...

HI WADWORTH WOOD near Doncaster - White-letter Hairstreak HELLEY WHINS & BRIDLE (Nr. Huddersfield, West Yorks)White-letter Hairstreak, Purple Hairstreak A couple of sites for this time of year from Yorks BC site Not particularly nr Sheffield tho' - sorry; must be some in the Peninnes, surely...?...

Hi I'm sure you probably have - but can I be so bold as to suggest you look on Butterfly Conservation's Yorkshire website for some sites and have a word with the S Yorks Recorder for some info? The Butterflies of Yorkshire Published 2005 Edited by Howard M Frost. The above book (costs £20 - but with...

Merci beaucoup!

Martin wrote:I prefer to have 0 votes than 1...at least you can't be accused of voting for yourself

Agree with you!
Perhaps me you and Guy can start the "Nil Points" club!
Nick

Finally a 3D pic with a sort of smile. That's it. I'm depressed now. Guy PS - At first I put Buffy there to focus the camera on while I set it up, but then I just thought she looked good. Pity about the reflection. When I try to get the 3D I get a really spooky combination of Guy AND Buffy all in o...

FISHiEE wrote:Hm... where did the critiques go?

Errrr - try Page 1!
N

Like you - it was a shock going to DSLR - for all those reasons! Film to digital bridge was a revelation; bridge to DSLR is much harder and makes you work! But I think I am now starting to get going - all my shots in the Comps this year are from my Nikon D300 and Tamron 90mm macro; last years' are f...

I agree with Patrick - THE point about Bridge cameras is that you have everything (if you include the the add-on macro lens) from telephoto to close-up in one package for less than the cost of Gruditch's lens! And I'm sure that many of these users produce images as good as many DSLR owners - just lo...

Great set of photos guys! Congrats to all the winners and everyone who contributes Roger - Thanks for your kind and constructive words! And with that in mind,your entry: Exposed the difficult white perfectly. Sharp and well composed - maybe a bit too much bare space for some; background perhaps a li...

Quite close on both counts Neil, But I would obviously have to shoot you if I told you exactly what river it was :wink: Trev Speaking as a local....I would bet it is in a quiet lode somewhere in the area of the Cam/Ouse confluence..... Since that's quite a lot of water I reckon it's safe, Trev! BTW...

Sussex Kipper wrote: Bet the real Bryan doesn't have a rainbow either!
Neil

Nice jerkin tho!