Sorry it's taken me so long to answer I've been trying to find the nearest colonies to Oxford and as Mikhail said it seems the nearest is the chilterns and they are 8 to 10 miles away, Today I was out photographing butterflies and came across another one in a different field so that makes 2 I've fou...

I found this butterfly today and I am a bit confused as to what it may be, I know it's a skipper But which confuses me I am thinking it's either a grizzled skipper or a silver spotted skipper but not sure which, it was feeding on on ragwort in brasenose woods part of shotover Oxford. I've never seen...

My first ever purple emperor from my local woods the only place I ever go to photograph butterflies [img[image]24985[/image]][/img] The say there are 28 species of butterfly in my local woods (brasenose woods Oxford) I have now photographed 27 just the brown hairstreak to go. https://www.flickr.com/...

It is indeed a skipper, Mike, a very worn male Large one, characteristically poised on the tip of a plant ready to chase anything that moves. :) Dave Thank you for your help I spend a lot of time in my local woods during summer and now and again I see something that confuses me. Thank you again for...

Can any one help please with the id of this butterfly please. To me it looks a bit like a skipper but who knows which if it is. Thank you for any help

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David M wrote:Yes, Mike. That's a valezina, making it a female.

Thank you for your help with the id of this butterfly,

Uploaded twice not sure why

Thank you for your help, the colour confused me I've never seen one that colour, it returned today again at the same time, would it be the valensina, I have another photo from today

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Can anybody help with the id of this butterfly please, I tripped over it in my local woods. Thank yoou for any help.

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thanks pete I sometimes get a bit confused but slowly I`m learning.

I just search for butterflies in my local woods, brasenose woods.

A link to what I`ve found this year
https://www.flickr.com/photos/8004837@N ... 6275959354

Would this be a Greenish Silver-washed Fritillary I saw it today with the normal looking silver washed fritillarys, Thank you for any help.

Argynnis paphia ssp. paphia f. valesina?

Thanks pete, I was kind of hoping it was a small blue as I`ve never seen one in the woods I go.

Can anyone Id this butterfly, when I first saw it I thought it was a holly blue but watching it I was`nt so sure it seemed to have the wing colour of a small blue it is a very worn butterfly..........Thank you for any help

Here`s one from today, would you say it is very blue like some of the others, it`s not a good shot and it`s straight out of the camera, no pp.

straight out of camera. female common blue, by poacher rtd, on Flickr

Thank you everyone for your help, this year I`m seeing a number of very blue female common blues as well as the normal coloured ones, Once again thank you for your help.

This I think is an aberrant female common blue, could someone confirm this for me please.......Thank you for your help. I think I`ve put this in the wrong place sorry. https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8839/18009558521_b8d4521660_c.jpg An aberrant female common blue? brasenose woods, Oxford. by poacher ...

Here`s another one.
Gatekeeper ringlet.
Gatekeeper trying to mate a ringlet. by poacher rtd, on Flickr

Yay that makes 25 out of the 28 species I have photographed in brasenose woods / shotover this year, 3 more to go. Purple hairstreak, Brown hairstreak, Purple emperor Next year. Thank you very much for your help, just got to get a better photo. https://www.flickr.com/photos/8004837@N05/sets/72157644...

Would this be a small white, I seem to be getting confused over small and large white, Thank you for your help Sorry it`s not a very good photo.

Thank you, I took this photo on shotover last year it was`nt an easy photo I had to push into the brambles and this was the best shot I could get I sent the photo as soon as I saw what it was....... Could someone do me a favour please and look at my skippers in flickr and tell me if I`ve identified ...