Thanks for posting Trevor, good to know what is around and small torts are becoming a rarity

Sunday 18th, Pembroke Coastal Path, nr. Little Haven: Speckled Wood 23 Wall Brown 5 Small White 3 Meadow Brown 2 American Painted Lady 1 Hedge Brown 1 Red Admiral 1 Holly Blue 1 18S.APLups1(1).JPG 18S.APLuns(1).JPG Many thanks to Paul (Bugboy) for being the first to flag this up yesterday, after wh...

Sometimes I regret not taking up a kind offer of a lift back from archaeology, but other times I'm very glad I walked. I'm hoping this slightly worse for wear gorganus individual is a migrant and not yet another escapee from the nearby Middleton Common Farm butterfly house ! Great find Zigzag Congr...

Loving your in tree shots - makes for a better background than the usual!

Catching up on your diary - amazing shot with the butterfly and aeroplane - cant be too many of those shots around! Fantastic!

Catching up on your diary - amazing shot with the butterfly and aeroplane - cant be too many of those shots around! Fantastic!

I went to Steyning again and saw one brostreak flying but couldn't find where it landed. There were some more obliging Brimstones . I found a wasp spider with a meadow brown in its larder Also seen were Walls , Gatekeepers, Common Blues , Holly blues , Speckled Woods and one Small Copper. This eveni...

Well done with the Swallowtail - persistence paid off!

I went to Chantry this morning hoping just a little too late for roosting time. Sadly it was very blustery which was not good for spotting or photographing butterflies. They were being carried by the breeze far and fast and most were staying low in the undergrowth when they landed. I saw Meadow Brow...

Thanks David, you never know what will turn up.

Thanks Wurzel, it was a lucky surprise.
Thanks Trevor I put it up rather than found it but I suppose I did manage to track it. After I found it I heard second hand that 3 or 4 had been seen the day before.
Thanks zigzag, it was unusually approachable.

Thanks Dave, it was good to see. I was hoping it would nectar on the yellow flowers but it just headed for the undergrowth and stayed there.

I went to Steyning for a few hours arriving around 11am. It was a bit breezy. There are swathes of yellow flowers not sure if they are the same as at Shipton. Sadly I didn't find any brostreaks but I did see a Clouded Yellow, and 3 or 4 Walls, 2 Commas, a Peacock, a Red Admiral , Speckled Woods. Mea...

Thank you David

Beautiful photos!

Thanks Wurzel, was on the main hedge

Your Gatekeeper came out very well

Thanks Pete, I was certainly pleased to be called over otherwise it could have been a disappointing day.
Thanks Paul!
Thanks again for the day trip Trevor, it was good to see the site and meet new people and we were extraordinarily lucky with the trafffic.

Today Trevor kindly gave me a lift to Shipton Bellinger to look for the Brown Hairstreaks Only one was seen so big thanks to David Garwood for calling us over. Also seen were many gatekeepers, meadow browns and brimstones . Also a few Peacocks, Small Skippers, 2 Marbled Whites, 1 DGF , 1 Comma , and...

Goldie M wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2024 10:33 pm Hi! Katrina, I've just looked at your posts ( although it's past bed time ) and you've got a shot there that could win any competition the one with the the SSB flying , fantastic shot Goldie

Thank you so much Goldie. Always a bit of luck involved in inflight photos