This Sunday just gone, a trip to Queendown Warren in Kent, target species were Large Skipper...3 males an 1 female seen. At least 25 Adonis Blue seen (8 females, some super fresh!) but thats another story!....6+ hours out in the field, wall to wall sunshine! No images are cropped, cheers Paul. One o...

Last Sunday was spent at a local Kent site, arrived at 3.00pm (3+ hours out in the field). Target species were - Adonis/Small/Common Blues, also Brown Argus. All were seen, but not many numbers!! Adonis - 3 males/1 female...Common Blues - 5 males/1 female...Small Blues - 5+ seen...Brown Argus - 2 ma...

A four hour+ session yesterday afternoon was had (2 local Kent areas) target species were Dingys an Grizzlies (very low numbers seen!) but by the time i arrived at the 1st location, the sun was already starting to hide behind the clouds! Nothing sighted, so on to the 2nd location - just 3 Dingys, an...

Target species were Green Hairstreak, an the 1st location produced 5 of the little green jewels. Those Green Hairstreak photos are too good for words TM. If I had taken those I would have run around the field with my shirt over my head and taken a booking for throwing my shirt in to the crowd after...

..A lovely female Brimstone caught my eye, she spent some time egglaying... Those are fabulous images, Paul. :mrgreen: Thanks for that David, its good to be back out in the field, after a long wet an windy Winter!!! This last Saturday, 2 local Kent locations visited, approx 6 hours spent in the fie...

Lunchtime jaunt from work today (well it was sunny an warm!!!) visited one of my local areas. Peacock, Brimstone, 1 Red Admiral, Comma, Holly Blue, Green veined White, Small White, Orange Tip seen. A lovely female Brimstone caught my eye, she spent some time egglaying...despite a few males pestering...

An extra long hibernation for me!!! mainly due to poor weather conditions...but overall, a very slow start for my 2024 butterfly season. After many years of sighting Orange Tips generally fly through my garden, maybe land for a few seconds, but fly off before i get a chance to take any photos, my lu...

Friday was quite warm here in Kent, i would think beyond 10 Degrees. As a result, 2 Red Admirals were seen on the wing (but no photos captured!). The 1st was seen from my landing window, it flew over the neighbours fence, an was gone. Time approx 10.00am. Then at approx 1.00pm (at work) another was ...

Hi Nick, at least you gave it a go mate. If i were you, i would try to find a hardly used, minty fresh, low shutter count FZ150. "Fleabay" (or other sites for 2ndhand gear) could be an ideal place to find such a camera?? You know the workings of your favoured FZ150 very well, so sometimes ...

Another good season...lets hope for an even better 2024. My 3 entries, cheers Paul. PS. As usual, all of my photos are single images, with basic editing applied to Jpegs. Locations - in/around Kent. 1st - Pair of male Silver Spotted Skippers, on Dwarf Thistle. Location - Queendown Warren, Kent. Imag...

Thank you so much for the details of all the settings you have found to be best. I ended up sending the camera to Panasonic's recognised repairers after I phoned them last Tuesday. They had me check various settings and then said they had run out of solutions, so I was to send it in. Hopefully I wi...

Saturday just gone, an a repeat of the previous weekend, except i visited Queendown Warren (Kent) 1st, before ending up spending the afternoon at Bluebell Hill (Kent). Chasing mainly Small Coppers, but a few other species seen! Unusually, 3 Wall Brown were found at Queendown Warren!! which is only t...

Hi Nick, well, you cant really argue with the comparison pics hey! After some searching, i found my smashed FZ330...put a battery in it, an it did power up, but no control over anything on the camera!!! I checked on-screen icons, my focus point was set to center of screen, an i had enlarged focal po...

David M wrote: ↑Mon Sep 18, 2023 12:49 pm Lovely abs, Paul. Wish I had this species on my doorstep.

Thanks David...i guess for me to see local Adonis Blues, it would be within approx 6 miles from my door step!

But.........................im sure you have certain species near you, that i just dont see here in Kent.

Hi Nick, sorry you are having problems with the Panny FZ330/300. Some very good points/suggestions have already been made in this thread, which covers most of the suggestions i would make. Its true, like anything "man made" there can be quality control issues with camera gear, an the FZ330...

...What really caught my eye was a few stunning "Lemon Fresh" Green-veined Whites. In the strong sunlight, the yellow on these GVW's was absolutely amazing! Im not sure ive seen such yellow beauties like these before. Beautiful, Paul. The image of the mating pair really shows how yellow t...

Just like Allan, ive seen some very yellow Summer brood Green-veined Whites recently!! I also thought a few times, that in the distance, i could be looking at a Helice CY...but it was not to be, just GVW's...but what beauties they are. A return trip to Cliffe Pools, in Kent last Sunday...sighted 4 C...

Ist time visit to Orlestone Park, in Kent, on Saturday (70 mile round trip)... Nice shots, Paul, especially that first Brimstone. :mrgreen: Thanks David...i got it bit lucky with that open wing/nectaring Brimstone shot. Well, i say lucky, but i did set the camera on "burst mode", combined...

Thankyou ! I,ll take that as a compliment Paul :) ! Good to meet you as well ..............you were a fair way from home ! shame you never found your Cloudie (although i see you did pretty well at Cliffe !) the section where you were searching in Orlestone can be good for Small Coppers and Common B...

Ist time visit to Orlestone Park, in Kent, on Saturday (70 mile round trip). Headed straight for the "Scabious Meadow", in search of some Red Admiral action! Spent a good few hours on location, an captured some interesting images. No sign of the reported female Clouded Yellow though. Just ...