I have been trying to photograph all the UK species on the iPhone and am now up to 52. The camera technology has noticeably improved over the past few years, but that is also hampered by my technological ignorance. I am now restricted by Geography for the remaining species with the widest coverage b...

18 Red Admirals and 8 Commas counted on an ivy bush in my garden near Cirencester on Saturday; an amazing sight!

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Hi Wurzel, As this is a relatively local patch to me, I can give you some pointers. Aim for a village called Sapperton and go down the steep hill towards the pub. Before you get to the pub, about 2/3 of the way down the hill there is a good place to park on the left. There is a small gate to the lef...

Hi Dave,

I love reading your reports of birding alongside butterflies; keep them coming!

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CJB

Hello UK B'ers,

In the ridiculously warm weather I saw 1 RA, 1 Comma and 1 ST in the garden.

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CJB

Hi Pete,

As ever, thank you for your wisdom!

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CJB

Good morning UK B'ers,

I have finally created a still from an accidental video clip, which I took on a trip to Ashton Rowant 2 years ago ( ).

I would be grateful to any of you who can enlighten me about this SSS aberrant.
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CJB

Hi Wurzel,

Thank you for your replies and I will look into how to activate my personal email?!

Still lots flying around and I am trying to work out how to swing via Sussex to scout for LTB's!

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CJB

Hi EB, Thank you for the response. Maybe I was unlucky, but as you say, I was very fortunate with all the other species around. It was also my first time there so I didn't head for anywhere specific, which might have been my undoing. There's alway next year! I took my tally to 49 species which I hav...

Hi Wurzel, Great shots as ever! I was on one of your local(it) patches last week at Durdle Door hoping to snap a Lulworth Skipper but sadly failed in my task. Was I looking in the wrong area or is their season at an end? I saw lots of other species but not the one I was hoping for! :( Keep up the re...

Good morning Hoggers, I believe it is an Acadian Flycatcher, because it is all over the RareBird Alert website: http://www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/RealData/gallery.asp?fast_filter=&SpeciesID=&L1=&L2=&L3=&L4=&From=&To=&TakenFrom=&TakenTo=&PhotoBy=&OwnedBy=&...

Good afternoon UKB'ers, A window of opportunity opened for me to swing by Durdle Door on Friday and the weather was perfect for our fluttery friends. I was really hoping to find a Lulworth Skipper or two, which would be a lifer for me, but sadly I was either too late or particularly unobservant. Tha...

Hi Simon, Best of luck with your quest! I have set myself the task of photographing all the species on my iPhone, for some bizarre reason. :? The most elusive for me so far are the hairstreaks and I am yet to snaffle a White-letter or a Black and have a very distant shot of a purple, but a decent cl...

Good afternoon UKB'ers, I eventually managed to photograph this wasp, which I have identified to be a 'cuckoo wasp'. It is roughly 70mm long and patrols a small territory, looking for other insect nests to lay its eggs in, hence the name. IMG_0138.JPG I know little about them but was blown away by i...

Good afternoon UKB'ers, I managed to get a picture or two of this comma in the garden and would be interested to know any thoughts. 2015-07-18 11.11.24-2.jpg IMG_0187.jpg IMG_0183.jpg The white markings were totally uniform and I can't find anything similar in the images on the UKB site. Please furn...

Thank you David!

I am local to Daneway Banks (spoiling) and have tried in vain for DGF's there.

I hope I can break my duck this year!

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CJB

Hi Mike,

A wise caveat there!!

I will investigate your suggestions and report back.

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CJB

Hi Mike, I must admit that it completely threw me. I read other posts saying 'I turned up, walked from the car-park and they were everywhere'. So, when I arrived I thought that I just kept finding common blues and was generally throwing my toys when I couldn't find them. :evil: :evil: Really pleased...

Thank you Neil!!!!

Now for the elusive (to me!) DGF, HBF, WLH and BH, amongst others!

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CJB

Good morning UK B'ers, I managed to grab 30 minutes at Bramshott Common in a quest to tick off a lifer; my first SSB. I found patches where there were a number of blues but to the untrained (!) eye I couldn't see the silver studs on the wings and presumed that I had stumbled on a large colony of com...