Today in my Garden produced a Large white, a Comma, a Small tortoiseshell and a Red admiral, all feeding on the Buddleia.

Nick.

Today in my Garden (all visited Buddleia one time, at least) : Green-veined white (first for my Garden), Small Tortoiseshell, 2+ Speckled wood, Also 2+ Blue-tailed Damselfly. Nick. http://upload9.postimage.org/327242/DSC08277.jpg http://upload9.postimage.org/327276/DSC08295.jpg http://upload9.postim...

Hi, Not sure i you saw my post a few down from yours: http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1422&sid=a218c85d3746ccd3e14fa3dc0546510a But i found one at Brockholes quarry a couple weeks ago, and thought that this was surely out of it's range for Preston. they must be expanding ac...

Thanks, this is great.

Nick.

In the first weekend of August, i am going down to Marlow, in Buckinghamshire. I am planning to go to some of the areas nearby to Marlow (eg. Aylesbury, Bicester, High wycombe, and Marlow itself). The sort of Butterflies i am going to look for are basically any of the down south ones, that i haven't...

Last weekend i found a Ringlet a Brockholes quarry, Preston, attached is a picture of the one we found and it's distribution map. This must be a pretty good record because this is quite a bit out of it's range. Thanks, Nick. http://upload9.postimage.org/237730/sonydsc55001a.jpg http://upload9.postim...

Sorry,
you are right this is a Dark-green fritillary. Although when we were at Whitbarrow, we did see Dark-green, High-brown, Small-Pearl-bordered and Pearl-bordered fritillaries. A brilliant collection. For pictures of the visit see my Blog:

http://www.nickswildlifeblog.blogspot.com/

Nick.

Here's my effort - High Brown Fritillary at Whitbarrow NNR.



Nick.

Thanks,

Nick.

2 weekends ago, we made a visit to Whitbarrow NNR, and saw loads (4 Fritillary species, etc). But one thing we found in a scrubby area was an Argus, which i took a few pics of, and we walked away thinking it was a Northern brown argus, but when we got home and compared pictures, it turns out that it...

Thinking of making a trip up to Whitbarrow tomorrow in South Cumbria, to look out for the speciality Butterflies there. The Forecast for tomorrow (1st July 07) is meant to be cloudy with a few showers. OK it's probably the worst weather you could ask for when trying to look for Butterflies. But is t...