Having managed to get a few photo's of the Helice type of CY this year, I would say yes and it's a lovely fresh one too, very nice photos especially the first one

Hi there, Hells teeth......all these in just 1 garden too!! Definitely a day you won't forget! I shall not forget our trip to Kent last weekend either but to photograph all these in the comfort of a friend's garden! Just how many Long-tailed Blues migrated over here England) in total? 1000+ in my e...

Thank you all so much for your very kind comments, it really was a dream come true to see that, and I am of course EXTREMELY lucky... what a privilege :D As you can imagine this has been a massive highlight in an already incredible year. Best of luck to everyone on their individual quests to find so...

MY LUCK FINALLY IMPROVED! As some of you know I've been searching at every possible opportunity for another Long-tailed Blue since my very brief sighting near Beachy Head last week. I not only wanted a closer view but I dearly hoped I would get a better photo too. Well thanks to a friend of a frien...

Fantastic find Philzoid It was great to meet you the other day, I'm sure that we will meet again sometime next year

Now where can I buy myself a moth trap hmmm

Fantastic news your effort was rewarded after traveling all that way and at the eleventh hour too . Like all the best adventures you'll never forget it.

Hello and welcome great images of mating cloudies, I've seen plenty of CY's in the past but never a mating pair. I look forward to seeing more of your photos.

Get well soon Hoggers. Indeed netting is such a selfish and needless activity WHY! I spent another fruitless day searching for a LTB, I haven't quite given up hope yet but it's getting harder to feel optimistic..... oh well onwards and upwards

It's the Meadow Brown for me, B'Saurus:Wonderful! It's a butterfly so common as to be almost invisible and your photograph has given it centre stage. That photograph will brighten me up when Winter comes. I'm really pleased you like it Hoggers, it's not the tidiest picture with that seed head droop...

It certainly was a hectic July everything seemed to come at once! Great shots throughout Rex and after much internal debate my second fave is the Small Skipper the fave being the awesome finale - that is an absolute cracker :D :mrgreen: Have a goodun Wurzel PS If you want to get close to Marbled Wh...

Retrospective Diary Pt 4: JULY 2013 After the short June gap it was 5 4 3 2 1 BLAST OFF!! A veritable Butterfly explosion erupted having me running around like mad trying to keep up! It was so hectic I had to cancel my planned trip to Blean woods for the Heath Fritillary and Ashdown Forest for the ...

Hi to the people I met at kingsdown leas today. I won't bore you with the details but conditions were not favourable and I didn't see any long tailed blues nor did anyone else I spoke to. I can certainly sympathise Susie, I know how it feels to travel a long distance and not see anything. The weath...

Fantastic Hoggers you found one, well done

Sussex Kipper wrote: On Wednesday (25th September) I headed over to the cliff tops at Birling Gap (near Beachy Head) to search for more LTBs, following the recent sighting by B. rex. On this occasion my luck ran out, but it’s always a pleasure to walk through this spectacular landscape. In the 2 ho...

Butterflysaurus Rex eats 'nasty netters' for breakfast, they taste pretty awful so I spit most of em out after a bit of a chew :wink: being half Dinosaur has it's advantages :twisted: Sadly there will always be some unpleasant and highly selfish individuals out there. I'm saddened by this kind of be...

Sussex Kipper wrote:Hi Neil,

It's much more likely that they will think about heading south as the days shorten ... back to mainland Europe.

BWs, Neil

Nooooooooo!

Sussex Kipper wrote:Congratulations B. rex. Top bombing. A self-found LTB away from the crowds is a great achievement.
BWs, Neil

Thank you Neil, very kind of you to say that, to say it made my day would be an understatement

Wurzel wrote:Congrats on the Long-tailed Blue Rex Now you've found that one you'll be tripping over them

Have a goodun

Wurzel

If only that were true Wurzel, it was lovely to see one, I hope it won't be my last

Brilliant find Rex, well done, its nice to your hard work rewarded. :D And by the way, i love your photo of the Speckled Wood playing dead. Something i have never witnessed, so well done for capturing the moment. But my favourite has to be the first photo of the Poppies, just brilliant. :D All the ...

David M wrote:Great spot, Rex. How far away from the 'main' site are you?

Thanks David I would think I'm roughly between 60 or 70 miles away from the "main site"