Really lovely Small Copper images Katrina, I'm quite partial to a bit of back lighting.

BW's

James

Lovely Hairstreak shots, James and well done on achieving a long-held ambition - very satisfying! :) She is rather a splendid butterfly. :mrgreen: Dave Hello Dave, thank you - it was certainly a long time coming, I've had a wonderfully satisfying year in general with the Hairstreaks. I hope next ye...

Hi Janet,

I think your poor unfortunate moth is a Lesser Yellow Underwing.

James

What a stroke of luck with that male Chalkhill, James! The female you photographed is lovely too.....and nice to see a Brown Argus, a butterfly I haven't seen much of this year. :( It certainly was David! Brown Argus have had a really good year down this way, hopefully you'll see more next year. Fa...

More lovely shots Rex :D The trick I've used is tell the boos that you'll be back an hour later than you intend and then you earn brownie points for getting home early OR if something catches your attention just as you're about to leave (which is often the case :roll:) then you'll be home on time :...

Mosqitoes dinner! On the 7th of July I had dinner early and went for a wonder over the downs. It was still quite hot after a scorching day, there were a lot of butterflies on the wing and unfortunaltely it also brought out the mosquitoes who made an early dinner of me! I had been eaten alive by the...

Just catching up on your diary! Wonderful Purple Hairstreak shots, I clearly have a lot to learn about taking pictures of them! :mrgreen: Love the Forester moths. Time I made a trip to the Downs :D Janet Many thanks Janet :D the Purple Hairstreaks, Valezina - Silver Washed Fritillary and the unusua...

Yesterday I was at Temple Ewell NR and saw a man there with a net, I wonder if he thought like I did that may be the Silver Spotted Skipper were out early, he walked with the net behind his back. I can't help it when I see people with nets, they may be okay but it does make one suspicious. Goldie :...

I agree wholeheartedly with your comments regarding the removal of P Macheon larvae from an environment of precarious existence. I however, I take exception to your negative view of us ' netters' . I have used a net for over 50 years and it is now more use to me , given the advancing years. Hi Chri...

I just came across yet another bit of depressing news, some selfish piece of work has taken some Swallowtail larvae from the Norfolk Broads. http://www.discoverwildlife.com/news/rare-butterflies-stolen-norfolk-broads?utm During the spring I stumbled upon a 'netter' up to no good twice in my local wo...

WOW Dave, that Peacock is absolutely stunning! And those fresh Hollies are very nice too.

ATB

James

17th July, Tottenham Marshes As you would expect everything was winding down for the night, catching the dying rays of the evening sun as it disappeared behind a bank milky high cloud. The evening had a distinctly autumnal feel about it, particularly the Comma’s basking on dying Hazel leaves. Not A...

Rex, Playing catch up with your diary. Your 'Woodland Surprise' photos of the Purple Hairstreak are amazing. The wing open shots couldn't be much better. Had a similar encounter last week but a s stiff breeze and poor light meant a slightly blurred finish. I'll take one of yours for sure. Also like...

Just seen your images of a female Purple Hairstreak, on the previous page. A mrgreen is in order, they don't pose better than that ! :mrgreen: . What a year !, Trevor. Thanks Trevor, it's been a remarkable year for Purple Hairstreaks, I hoped to see some but never dreamed that I'd get as close as I...

Some of those Painted Lady shots really leap out of the screen :D :mrgreen: and in my book any photo of a Whitter is a good one :D Have a goodun Wurzel Cheers Wurzel, I certainly did a lot of leaping about trying to photograph them, something that can cross a continent with ease had no trouble out ...

Hi Katrina, the Chalk-hill Blues are doing very well at Friston Gallops this year, like you I found lots when I was there last Thursday, including a freshly emerged male that crawled onto my hand! Well done getting some photos this evening, it was a bit windy! I saw loads of Essex Skippers and Gatek...

Hi Wurzel, it's been a while since I visited East Blean but the coppiced areas were where I found the majority of the Heath Frits as well. I was told the car park was the best place to see them, when I arrived there were none to be found there! I had to search for half an hour before I found them. F...

Well done with those WLH and nice shots of the Foresters, I've never seen them in the UK :) :mrgreen: Thank you Paul :D the WLH photos are about a million miles away from my best but I'm still thrilled to have seen some, especially under the circumstances. I think it's a bit of a stronghold for the...

A good selection of photos, James. That Essex Skipper looks incredibly dark :) ATB Peter Many thanks Peter :D yes I've noticed quite a few dark Essex Skippers about, perhaps they were 'lightly toasted' during that heatwave we had the other week! Two PHs in one shot :shock: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: Lovel...

Before I could decide which one to try and photograph...... James That's not something said very often about that species :mrgreen: Absolutely! It wasn't a situation I'd ever been confronted with before! And to think, it was only last year that I had my very first close encounter with a PH. That on...