Thanks Guy, it was indeed the first year, early July. Case equivocal then Will have to wait for the future

I have posted this small erebia before, and despite the lack of clues, we came to a probable agreement on epiphron. It was taken several years ago in the Haute Savoie at 1700m. I've just been browsing Roger Gibbons marvelous site, as I frequently do, and saw his observation epiphron is not that comm...

another WLH ovum, from a different place, but one where I've found them before. I searched 2 trees' reachable branches for about 30 minutes to find just this single one... no great idea how the female made it's choice.... wonder how many were higher up :? http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd306/ptk...

well, for a start, they didn't fly off, and there was no breeze but- thanks anyway, appreciate the compliment

Thanks everyone, my favourite was the winner.. nice for moths & catties to figure

I think I'm beginning to work this new camera out!!

A fine but very cold day today, took a walk along a local south facing field edge looking for ovae... really quite succesful, and a few photos in the low sun... Purple Hairstreak http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd306/ptkip/_MG_2333_filtered.jpg and one I think may have been parisatized. http://i2...

Oh joy.... The Green Wing... what a series tha\t was

(edit) or pedantically "that"

Love the Ismenius, and the Mangrove Buckeye in the previous set

Hi Chris, how you doing! :D The birds get very close!!!! Have you had a look at "where in Europe" in the overseas section - we lack a fourth for dates 22-30/4/11 in the Alpes Maritime/ Provence/ Var... 3 of us are going anyway... :? You would have to contact Roger pronto if you wanted in 8)

I think it's one of the very variable Mottled Umbers... this one was on the wall outside today....

This rather dapper chappie was seeking nuts in the cold today... babe magnet

I think I would contact the BC species co-ordinator for the local BC branch and no-one else initially, and only after obtaining landowner permission to do so.. In my experience officials are likely initially to disbelieve you, but probably ask someone else they trust to have a look, ( unless of cour...

I'd go with SPBF

Hi Ashley, amazing!... what I would do with a Red Admiral just now is to put it somewhere cool, dark , dry and protected from spiders if possible. They hibernate, but will rouse if somehow warmed up so it does happen at any time of winter. It is only recently that any Red Admirals have been known to...

That's the one I would go with

I generally find if you spot one ova, then it's odds on there will be several within the area of a few branches, likely from the same female, but you can explore a known area for a while before finding one at all.. I also think most of the flowering Wych Elm they prefer here is above explorable heig...

Hi, yes... seen them only twice before... Never had Waxwings though.. we don't get much more than the usual stuff... and NO Greenfinches recently... viral genocide I think. The other thing we should see, but seldom do is Siskins. Once had a Night Heron by the pond overnight, - first sighting in this...