A very fresh female Queen of Spain Fritillary and an unusually fresh late Large Skipper seen today.

A lovely kaleidoscope of butterflies, Pauline If I were to dig very, very deep, I doubt that I could match half of those brilliant shots you have posted Perhaps you should also include some of your 'reared' shots.

Have really enjoyed reading reports from your continental trips, David, you really do get around Must be really satisfying for you to deliver both for your clients and yourself

Some nice shots of Large Blues at Daneway Banks, Wurzel :) although some appear a bit worn - a sign of the advanced season perhaps? Its a lovely site and we enjoyed several years camping in the pubs field and getting up early to find the Large Blues still roosting, which made getting some good shots...

Wow, Pauline, time flies but there's nothing wrong with that 2007 second brood Duke shot

Hi Pauline, glad that shot of wheelers bay brought back some happy memories for you :) The Large Tort is one i will not forget in a hurry, Trevor :lol: The IOW was a no brainer :) Yes you should go back next year, Neil, they are a lovely frit :) Still compromised from the LT 'trip' :roll: Glanvilles...

Nice to see the second brood Duke, Pauline Would you believe that it was as far back as 2014 when we found one at Noar We miss meeting you during the hairstreak season too

Lovely Wall Browns, Trevor, especially that beautiful female Shame that the BH are playing hard to get this year, still time though

Lovely shots of the Brown Hairstreaks, Pauline, it would be nice if they were from Noar but I'm not holding my breath

It could have been the concussion, Wurzel :? but now i've also got a shoulder problem from my 'trip' which is stopping me sleeping at night. Ice pack later :shock: Thanks, David, the LT cost me dear :o and software issues have stopped me from posting since then. Hopefully I'm now on top of those :lo...

should have been Wednesday 6th July, not June

Finally back online. Computer problems, motherboard failure and monitor, at the same time, really confused the issue and took some sorting out :roll: But that's life. tant pis :) Also a trip back to UK to visit family and then family visiting us prevented much butterfly activity, but not all. Wednes...

Lovely Small Pearls, Trevor a species that I've not seen for a few years now. Interesting shots of the tangled Walls, that's an odd one for sure

Thanks, Dave, it's still quite novel for us to see Swallowtails plus eggs and cats in our garden :) Last year for some reason there were none, perhaps it was down to the poor spring weather. We did however rear some through the winter which emerged in spring. As bugboy says, you never know what will...

Cheers, Wurzel, you could do worse :) 6th May Today when we were working in our garden a Swallowtail appeared, only the second one we have seen so far this year. Having a camera with me I followed her around to try to get some shots. She was particularly interested in the fennel, of which there is p...

Great find in the Large Tort, Dave Hope that you get back to full mobility soon.

Nice Duke ab, wurzel, great shot I saw one at the Heyshot escarpment in sussex a few years ago, didn't get a shot, that's life

Orange-tips are still going strong around here, even though their food plants are wilting due to the lack of rain. This male and female stood out from the crowd, for me. P1400053Resize.JPG P1400079Resize.JPG On a non-butterfly front, I first spotted this chap on 17th April when he was carrying what ...

It's great that you got those shots of the Ring Ouzels, not yet seen one myself, unfortunate that they're red listed and in decline in the UK BTW the Dukes are none too shabby either

Cheers, Wurzel, some of the French names are fitting while others are a bit baffling :) Thanks, David, it's definitely a joy to be able to see this lovely species in your own garden, and they have been around a lot this year. I would imagine that the nettles contain many eggs. Hi Otep, it's a lovely...