The snow looks less liekly now, but probably still rain tho. prob coming up to April showers or somet.

Hi,

Just a word of warning. From the 25th March to the 1st April, it looks like heavy rain, with some light snow and heavy sleet if you're in my area - Lancs.

Just thought you might like to know.

Cheers,

Hi CJS, it was just one of the Birds which i found had a ringed leg, and somebody who monitors Waxwings in the UK, says it was ringed in Aberdeen in Nov 08. So this Bird (with its group) presumably coming from Scandinavia has come from there been to Aberdeen, down to the Preston area and is now on t...

Would you believe, today I saw a Bullfinch in my village, for the fist time since I was a kid, :D later I saw it again, dead, as it had smacked into a window. :( Kestrel from the weekend. Kestral8503.jpg Gruditch Hi, Gruditch was that Kestrel taken in the UK - looks almost like a Lesser Kes, but pr...

Hi,

thanks for your replies. I've actually found this site as well, which shows exactly where it is, so if anyone else is looking for it, try the link below.

http://www.bucksinfo.net/holtspur-bank- ... -location/

Thanks again.

Is there anyone out there who's been to Holtspur (nr Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire), and if so, is the area i've highlighted on the picture, the right area - i cant seem to find where exactly it is.

Thanks.

Nick.

cheers a lot for that.

learnt something very valuable there.

cheers again.

Do you mean this line:
cheers.

Is anyone able to tell me how to identify which sex a certain skipper is, especially the orange types (e.g. small, essex, large).

cheers.

Sorry i didn't see the underside.

But thanks for the quick replys.

Wow 23 thats incredible Gruditch!

Also thanks for the website comment.

It's not much and the pictures speckly, but if anyone's looking for these guys (Black Guillemots), Oban's the place to go!

Likewise Shirley.

Hi,

is this a Tree or Freyer's grayling - Rhodes, Aug 08.

Thanks.

Nick.

Thanks for the reply Dave.

Surprised myself the other day when i counted the number of species i saw in two days on a trip Butterfly watching in the Midlands.

Turns out i saw 19 species of Butterfly!

cheers.

Hi,

just out of interest, whats a high number of species to see in one trip/weekend/day, and what are everyone's highest - if you know em?

Cheers, Nick.

P hairstreak.

Yeah fairly except it's on the opposite side of the M6.

A Visit to Barkbooth lot, Latterbarrow, Meathop moss and Whitbarrow NNR yesterday was excellent. It was just as good as last year. Whitbarrow is definitely my favourite Butterfly site yet, i'd recommend it to anyone.

Pictures and report are on my Blog:

My Entry: Dark green fritillary at Whitbarrow NNR.

Nick P.