....however the Small Tortoiseshells were now well in double figures... Very encouraging, James. I've not seen too many round my way which is both unusual and a cause for concern. By contrast, Brimstones have been easily the most numerous species thus far for me, so perhaps I take them a little for...

Great to see you're out and about again Rex - lovely pair Torts in Tandem :D :mrgreen: and you did really well to get a spring Brimstone :D :mrgreen: Have a goodun Wurzel Many thanks Wurzel :D It was great to be out in this lovely weather. A Brimstone is a relatively rare visitor around here, it wa...

Glad your out and about James and seeing Butterflies , nothing worse than being cooped up in the house, it drives me batty :D Goldie :D Thank you Goldie, until today I've mostly been cooped up in the house again so I've been going batty for far too long! March, normal service resumed. Almost exactl...

Sorry to hear you have been ill James but glad to see you managed to get out and catch up with some butterflies :D I was looking at the blackthorn around my way on Sunday, it is nowhere near as advanced here as that in your photo, no doubt due to growing on our local cold heavy clay. Cheers, Neil. ...

2019. Late February is the new late March! Unfortunately for me this period of unseasonably warm weather coincided with me having a virus, so I've been unhappily confined to barracks during most of it. With the high temperatures set to end this week I thought it was now or never. With the virus pre...

Nice work, James. Conditions looked to be perfect for you that morning. Thanks David, we were very lucky here with crystal clear skies, it was very cold though. Funnily enough I hadn’t intended to wake up for the eclipse at all. I simply got up for a glass of water and saw it out of the window. It ...

I thought I'd crop in a bit closer as the details were a bit lost in the bigger low res examples I posted earlier.

Click on image to see the stars.

James

Thanks Goldie! I'm glad you were up for the eclipse too! Here are two shots from Woodbridge, the first taken at the beginning of totality and the second right in the middle (before I went back to bed): http://www.guypadfield.com/images2019/moon21jan2019a.jpg http://www.guypadfield.com/images2019/mo...

Wurzel wrote:Hi Mark, a Wolf moon is another name for a January moon, other ‘moons’ include Hunters moon, Blue moon, Harvest Moon. My favourite has to be Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon.
Definitely agree with you there Rex

Have a goodun

Wurzel

I’ll see you on the dark side my friend.

James

Great shots of the Moon, it really looks red, it wasn't too cold here, I didn't take my shots until morning though :D Goldie :D Thank you Goldie, yes it really lived up to it’s name. It was absolutely freezing here, but that’s the price you pay for clear skies. :D. I don’t blame you for not getting...

Great set of shots Rex :D Didn't they decide to call it Moony McMoonface? :wink: Have a goodun Wurzel Thanks Wurzel, I was quite pleased with my effort. I only have a 300mm lens but I still got quite good detail. I used a wide crop to keep the stars in the image, although many stars disappeared whe...

BLOOD MOON

Here's my best effort at trying to photograph this mornings SUPER HUGE BLOOD HAMSTER MOON or whatever they are calling Lunar Eclipses these days!

James

Thanks for sharing your traditional Christmas post, James. That is one very special moth larva! All the best for the festive season and beyond. I look forward to seeing more delightful images on your PD in 2019. :) And thank you for being so kind David :D Yes they really are spectacular caterpillar...

Fantastic shots Rex - I've only got shots of the adult and not the cat :D :mrgreen: I hope you and your family have a Merry Solstice and a Happy Christmas and New Year! :D Have a goodun Wurzel Thank you Wurzel :D a very Merry Christmas and Happy new year to you and yours too. Best wishes, James

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! Well here we are at the end of yet another year, and what a fantastic year it's been! Today is the shortest day, so it's all uphill from here :D. In a few months time we'll be feeling the warm spring sunshine on our backs, witnessing the joys of new growth and life all aro...

Wall Brown? There definitely appears to be a paler mark in the same area as the other larvae shown.
James

...see you all again soon for my traditional Christmas post. :shock: Are we really that close!! Many thanks for what you've posted on here this year, James. Along with Peter (Art Frames) I think you have produced consistently the best images.....with much interesting behaviour as well! Less than tw...

A fantastic set of photos Rex :D those Meadow Browns are ridiculously fresh looking for this late in the season :shock: :mrgreen: Looking forward to your reports in 2019 - have a great rest of the year and who knows perhaps in 2019 we might meet up somewhere in the field :D Saying this, there might...

It's not so much the extended season with regard to the migrants, James, it's the extension of the calendar by way of certain species fitting in additional broods! I don't think I've ever known so many. Maybe it's in response to the hot summer but one wonders whether the instinctive shifts (good an...

I simply love those Clouded Yellow and Wall Brown shots, James. For those SE of a line between Exeter and Ipswich, this year has to be the best late season in living memory! Very kind of you David :D we are quite lucky here in the south east as we usually enjoy an extended season, quite often up un...