Some cracking photos Pauline, love the painted lady and brown hairstreak shots

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Some lovely photos Wurzel, love the Brown Hairstreak shots

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Aston Rowant - 16/08/12 Having not had the time to get out much over the past month or so due to long hours at work I finally managed to get a day off. The father and me decided to take a trip to Aston Rowant as this is a place I hadn’t been to before and I was hoping to see some Chalkhill Blues an...

Snitterfield Bushes and Oversley Wood - Wednesday 18/07/12 With the father and myself both having the day off work we decided to go to Snitterfield Bushes and Oversley Wood for the day. The weather forecast for the day wasn’t looking great but we decided to go and see what we could find anyway. We ...

Some more lovely photos Dave, i love the gatekeeper underside shot

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Cracking Marbled White shots, the pair together is lovely

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Some more lovely Purple Emperor shots Nick, the open wing one is stunning

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Ryton Woon and Meadows open day - 14/07/12 Yesterday the father and myself went over to the open day at Ryton Wood and Meadows. The ground here was very soggy underfoot but the weather for the day was overcast to start with breaking into sunny spells and very warm. The day included 3 guided walks, ...

Thank you Pauline the small Small Tortoiseshell pair was new to me too, and also very pleasing to see with their reported numbers these days lower than they used to be

And thank you for the kind comments Nick, im glad you enjoyed them

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Cracking Purple Emperor shots Nick, you captured the purple on the first shot on this page lovely

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Glad they are showing up ok now dilettante, i was thinking it could be a browser error but wasnt sure which end, im not great with technology glad its sorted either way, and thank you, im glad you enjoyed them

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Thank you Wurzel, i was also pleased to see more than 1 Small Tortoiseshell in a small area and to see 2 mating pairs was a treat

Not sure what you mean about the captions dilettante? they all come up ok for me.

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Babbs Mill - Thursday 12/07/12 As it was a sunny afternoon, very rare these days, I decided to have a look over Babbs Mill on the way home from work to see what was out and about. I was pleased to see that the number of things fluttering around had increased since my last visit, most being very acti...

Thank you for the kind comments Phil And thank you Mike im glad you enjoyed them, and i agree with the Large Heath photo you mentioned :) Im glad you like the damselfly photos too, im becoming quite a fan of them, i never really noticed how nice they could before i started taking photos of them. Chris

Lovely mating pair of Ringlets Pauline, you have captured them great

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Some more lovely photos Pauline, i love the last Ringlet shot

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Stunning photos Marek, I look forward to seeing more of your stuff

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Thank you feralkitten Like you i am also fairly new to taking wildlife photos. I have never done photography before in the past, this being my first year at it and the most recent photos only being my 4th attempt, starting to pick it up and get the nack of it tho

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Nice find with the Essex Skipper colony, its amazing what can be found in our busy cities when we take the time to look

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Hey Lee, your report was an interesting read and i look forward to looking at your photos from spain, always interesting to see whats about in other parts of the world

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