Thank you David.

Very interesting to read about the second brood DUkes - thank you for posting

Good to see the second brood Small Blue

A very wise decision today Katrina, bearing in mind Herstmonceux is now approaching it's best. Good to read you found some more Walls, I've only found one there so far this year. I found a cracking site for Walls today, only 9 miles from home, never been there before :oops: . Trevor. Good to read a...

I too will jump on the bandwagon for the Cloudie on the flower!

Thank you David Trevor's recent post of STs at Herstomonceaux propelled it from my short list to top of my list to go today. I left in grey skies but arrived in sunshine. As usual the Buddleias were attracting the butterflies. I saw on them Commas, Red Admirals, Peacocks, one Painted Lady, one Holly...

Very interesting.

And very pretty Peacock!

Thanks Wurzel. I am not normally into moths but Garden Tigers are pretty

Great Small Tortoiseshells there but I particularly like your nectaring Painted Lady

My sister took her moth trap on holiday. Here are some photos of some of the prettier moths and a moth caterpillar.

Oh wow! That looks like my kind of holiday Katrina. It was a good one with aunts, uncles, cousins and their children and people celebrating 60th and 50 th wedding anniversarys. Well done with the Red Squirrel. My best view of one ever was on the Isle of Wight, it ran and paused in the road as we le...

Nice shots of the DGF Katrina but great find with the NBA eggs :mrgreen: Can I look forward to some Red Squirrel images? Thanks Pauline, my sister found the first ones then I found more I think we found 12 in total. Especially for you a Red Squirrel photo. I didn't take many as they were more shy h...

The place we were staying at had quite a lot of private land. Soon after I arrived I got a test from my sister to say she had found mating DGF in one location and NBA in another. She met me and took me to the DGF. We went to the DGF first and I managed to see them but it took me multiple attempts to...

i was recently in Scotland on holiday and photographed caterpillars.
I am thinking the ones with the white spots may be peacocks, the yellow stripes may be Small Tortoiseshell but am not sure about the other one.
Can anyone confirm / help? All found on nettles.

Thanks Trevor,
I saw on social media one was down briefly the day before near parking.
Thanks Dave was good to see you too. Feel free with the image!.
Thanks Paul. IF I get a chance I will go back but I am sure others will oblige with better images.

Beautiful SWF photo

This morning I went to Botany Bay/ Chiddingfold. Only one brief encounter with PE - it buzzed Dave Miller and myself flying right past my nose. Teamwork - Dave identified it as a PE and I saw roughly where it landed which was in a muddy side path so located it. Despite staying well back it flew off ...

Thanks Wurzel - something a bit different looks a bit cross legged.
Thanks David

I went to Iping and Steadham Commons this morning. The butterflies were active but plentiful. Some of the females seemed to have a bit of green on their wings - maybe a trick of the light. I found 3 pairs. The weather was hot. Also seen were a Red Adminral, a Small Tortoiseshell, a Painted Lady, Spe...