Spent 3 hours+ at Darland Banks yesterday afternoon/evening (4/7/15) the target species being Chalk-Hill Blue :lol: I found just the one CHB, a super fresh male, looking like he had emerged on the day? other species seen were - Painted Lady, Red Admiral, Silver washed Fritillary, Marbled White, Mead...

You lucky bugger! Thats on my list to see! where do you live? Mind if I camp in your garden over the weekend :lol: Cheers mate...you are not the 1st to ask if i have "WLH open garden sessions" :) but unfortunately, my wife does not share my passion in my chosen interests...she barely tole...

Quality stuff! I'm struggling to think of anything more satisfying than having White Letter Hairstreaks effectively residing with you! Cheers David, WLH's are certainly a great species to observe , especially on my doorstep!...although its not all "plain sailing" :roll: I had to put in 6 ...

Im pretty sure the post/poster above/before this one (by the member nudrat) is a spammer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...if it is? could a Mod or Admin remove said post please. On a brighter note, Ive had my 1st White-letter Hairstreaks show up in my garden for 2015 :) One of them landed on my lawn this af...

Finally...............................the White-letter Hairstreaks have put in their first appearance this season, in my back garden, on my lawn, today (24/6/15) at approx 4.00pm :) 2 were sighted, lets hope for a few more now. I will update my old thread from last year, with a photo :wink: Location...

Visited Lullingstone Country Park on the 21/6/15, the target species being Dark Green Fritillary. Other species seen on the day were - plenty of Marbled White, Small and Large Skipper, Small Heath, Common Blue, A worn Green Hairstreak, Meadow Brown and Red Admiral. Its only the 2nd time/year Ive vis...

Thursday lunchtime break from work, saw me once again visit Darland Banks. Species seen on the day were Marbled White(good numbers) Brimstone, Common Blue, Painted Lady, Small Blue, Meadow Brown, Red Admiral, Holly Blue. It would appear that the 2 female Brimstone were both ovipositing, the 1st butt...

Painted Lady Explosion!!!.............................not quite :roll: but i did sight approx 6 of em :wink: Dropped into my local Church on the way home from work yesterday (15/6/15) and as soon as i got out of my car, one flew past me! It was wall to wall sunshine, no shade as such, and 3.30pm, so...

My apologies :oops: it appears no one on this thread has used the "ole chestnut" saying - My puny bridge camera cant compete with your superior DSLR" That will teach me in future to read the whole thread :roll: rather than skim read it, and assume the usual content on a thread such as...

This is an "interesting" thread. :roll: Not sure if i really want to "get involved" though :wink: I like a bit of photography myself, i own (and use) both a Bridge Camera and a Nikon DSLR...so i ought to have a valid opinion on the merits of both types of cameras?! Whilst equipme...

Really "hard going" today (14/6/15) what with the poor weather conditions here in my part of Kent. We struggled to sight much in the way of Butterflies at all, I would say 5 Small Blues, 1 (fresh looking) female Common Blue, 2 (worn) male Common Blues................and a lone (fresh) Marb...

Its been over 3 years since i sighted a Heath Fritillary, so i made the effort this last Sunday (7/6/15) to visit a well known site in Kent. Very good numbers seen on the day too, i even managed to capture 3 Heaths in the same shot/photo. Location - East Blean Woods, Kent. Cheers Paul. 7th-June-2015...

just got back from the Isle Of White! Where is that?! :roll: Where is that you ask?!...well, its in a "Parallel Universe", right next to the real "Isle of Wight". :lol: :lol: :lol: :wink: All joking aside, i should thank you Ian, because without you pointing out the exact locati...

Just spent 4 days on the Isle Of White...and although the holiday break was family orientated (and entirely my wife's idea/booking)...I did mention to her that a certain rare "butterfly colony" could be found on the Island :roll: so i should take a camera along...just in case :wink: Despit...

Such a shame that, TM. A perfect specimen on that last image would have been stunning. Never seen Adonis Blues on Ox-Eye Daisies before. A lovely contrast. Sorry for the late reply on this David(just got back from the Isle Of White!)...and yes, after that Adonis Blue had spent some time feeding on ...

A good six hour session this Saturday (30/5/15) target species being Small Blue and Adonis Blue. Other species on the wing were - Green Hairstreak, Brimstone, Large White, Common Blue, just the one Brown Argus...and once again, a quick flash sighting of a Red Admiral. Location - Darland Banks, Gilli...

Painted Lady "fly through" in my back garden last weekend. The Butterfly looked like it was going to land on my brick wall for a second...but just kept on flying! Red Admiral (finally seen one!!) on the 27/5/15 :D poor quality photo, but great to once again see this species on the wing. Ot...

Watched this on our local News last night, excellent stuff.

Lunch time break from work yesterday(22/5/15) the target species being Common Blue and Brown Argus. Other species seen - Brimstones, Dingy Skippers. Sighted 3 fresh Common Blue males, and probably just the 2 male Brown Argus. Location- Kent, cheers Paul. Brown Argus...always a tricky subject, especi...

I just had to return to Denge Wood/Bonsai Bank in Kent, for my 2nd session with the "Duke" on Saturday 16/5/15. With more time on my hand, and another camera, I had a really great day. Highlights were obviously finding a mating pair of the Duke and his Duchess too :) Other species on the w...