Bank Holiday Monday (just gone). Location - Cliffe Pools, Kent. Approx 7 hours out in the field. Hard going at times, but i did sight 5 Clouded Yellows. They all vanished after 1.00pm though. Most numerous butterfly would have to be Small Heaths, there were at least 75+ seen! I was hoping to see mor...

Last couple of weekends spent at Queensdown Warren, Kent. Chasing Silver Spotted Skippers (although i had my 1st SSS sighting at the end of July). As usual, this time of the year im nursing loads of Ant stings/bites for my efforts! but its a small price to pay! Typically spending 6 to 8 hours out in...

I will leave the poster's name out of this quote :lol: However, last year I foolishly left my FZ300 on the roof of my car, made it halfway home(i have a roofrack) but the camera flew off the roof (going round a roundabout) an smashed badly onto the road!!!!!! beyond repair. I have never left a came...

"Twos company...threes a crowd"..................or a party!!!! depending on your views That's one of the most amazing sequences of butterfly behaviour I've ever seen, Paul. Those first couple of images in particular are quite incredible. Glad the DGFs didn't separate given it was your fi...

My fz200 is getting tired, so maybe I'll get an fz330 . One query though. I am concerned about touchscreen use when the screen is out in the articulated mode. Indeed, the folding mechanism of my existing fz200 is getting very 'wobbly', and that might be about to fail - hence looking ahead (I estima...

Paul, Thank you for your review of the FZ330. I have had an FZ150 for the last 12 years and it is struggling to produce sharp pictures any longer. Although the specification of the FZ330 isn't much different from the 150, it sounds like a good replacement for me. I would have bought another FZ150 i...

"Twos company...threes a crowd"..................or a party!!!! depending on your views :roll: After many years of searching, i finally sighted/photographed my 1st mating pair of DGF's this Saturday. A great experience for sure. Despite sitting in the car for 45 minutes on arrival (due to ...

Both recent Saturdays spent chasing the beautiful Brown Argus, 3 locations in an around Kent, typically 5+ hours per session out in the field...best times for open winged basking were after 5.00pm onwards. Other species highlights seen, were 10+ Small Blues(1 mating pair)...just 2 male Adonis! matin...

A great session was had yesterday (Saturday)... Clearly, Paul. :mrgreen: Things look to be moving nicely round your way. The unh streak on your second rubi is luscious! Thanks David. Well, a week on, an still rain!!! Had a good session yesterday afternoon (with Dingys an my 1st Small Copper) but re...

I have seen small numbers of fresh Dingy Skippers on the wing since Wednesday, an sighted my 1st Small Copper of the season yesterday. Im up to 15 species so far for this year now, so i guess Common Blue/Brown Argus/Small Blue/Small Heath etc. should be on the wing here in Kent pretty soon?! We just...

Neil Freeman wrote: ↑Sun Apr 30, 2023 2:23 pm

Testudo Man wrote: ↑Sun Apr 30, 2023 1:41 pm Some sort of Carpet Moth? (S.O.O.C.).

A Green Carpet Moth https://ukmoths.org.uk/species/colostygia-pectinataria/

Cheers,

Neil.

Thanks very much for that Neil
Cheers Paul.

A great session was had yesterday (Saturday) visiting 3 Kent locations in 6+ hours. Good sunshine, light winds, warm temps, even caught a bit of sun on my arms/face/neck! 11 Species seen, but hard going trying to find any Grizzlies!! Just 2 Grizzled Skippers sighted, an 3 Green Hairstreaks, 1 Holly ...

Last Sunday started dull here in Kent! By the time things began warming up in the afternoon, i had to cut my visit short because of other stuff in life getting in the way! So as a result of leaving early, i sighted way more butterflies on the 30+ minute walk back to the car, than i had the previous ...

David M wrote: ↑Mon Apr 17, 2023 3:03 pm Monday 17th, Dan-y-Graig cemetery, Swansea:

Small White 1
Small Copper 1

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What a little beauty David (The Small Copper).

...a lovely male Orange Tip came into my garden. This time it landed on a small Daisy, so i ran in the house, grabbed a camera, came back out into the garden, but the butterfly flew over the fence an was gone!! I never learn, i should have a camera waiting by the back door, that way i wont miss a s...

Thursday 13th - Two Peacocks and a Small Tortoiseshell in Park Wood, Parkmill, Gower. Plenty of cuckoo flower but no Orange Tips (must be due any day now). Im sure you will see an Orange Tip by the weekend David. I will be looking for them on Sunday (seems the best day for me here in Kent). Next we...

That sure was a Comma 'clean-up', Paul. :mrgreen: Talk about having them eating out of your hand! Hard enough to get two of them in the same frame, let alone three. Thanks David, yes, to get 3 in the same shot was nice. So, yesterday, i returned to the same location, an it was much of the same with...

...its nice to "brush off" that miserable month of March, an look forward to some more Spring sunshine... Sure is, Paul. :) Been a long time coming but better late than never. Cheers David, yes, i think we all deserve a good Spring now. Yesterday, i visited a brand new location to me here...

At last...............some sunshine! Last 2 days, i took a lunchtime break from work, an spent that time in a local woodland. Butterflies seen were Brimstones (males 6+) an 2 females (also a mating pair!). 2 Peacock, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Comma. 1 male Adder, 3 Common Lizards. Unfortunately, the mating p...

March, for me, here in my part of Kent, is looking like a real "wash out"!!!...the rest of this month shows little signs of improvement??? Roll on April i guess! Yesterday though, i did spot this lovely Peacock in my garden, so its not all bad! Image is not cropped, cheers Paul. P1011328-c...