Spent some time up in the Lake District and surrounding area's over the weekend... Good numbers of Mountain Ringlet on Irton Fell...not many out at the first (lower) colony and those at the second colony (further up) all looked a bit "past it" so perhaps I'd missed the best time here and w...

Disaster Strikes! 21st May Warm, Overcast Breezy Wheeler Bay, Bonchurch, Isle of Wight http://tinyurl.com/pxfnryn After failure at my prime site I arrived at this rather more unlikely looking spot - a concrete coastal path and chalky wasteland area at the base of cliffs. Fenced off so overgrown wit...

Disaster Strikes! 21st May Warm, Overcast Breezy Compton Bay, Isle of Wight http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/compton-bay-and-downs Sunny when I arrived - Parked in the visitor car park and walked across to the Clifftop Footpath - grazed area with abundant wildflowers...Excitement on seeing a brightl...

Awesome images...I shall be following in your footsteps this weekend

Local Wanderings 19th May Sunny, Breezy, Very Warm Bardon Hill http://www.lros.org.uk/bardon.htm One of the very few remaining local sites for Wall - I hadn't got pics of those I'd seen at Prawle Point so was hoping to get some pics... After a walk through woodlands seeing only a Large White and a ...

I thought as much...but as I have no experience with the species its always nice to get confirmation!
I was amazed how much smaller than Large Skipper they looked!

After chasing many obvious Large Skipper around at Durlston Country Park we visited Bindon Hill in search of Lulworth Skipper Whilst I viewed a few very dark, small individuals that couldn't be anything else...can someone just confirm that individuals like this one were also Lulworth Skipper (I'm th...

A return visit to Monks Wood today for a second look at the Black Hairstreaks not so much flight activity from the males this time - but the odd female egg laying and basking at lower levels in the Blackthorn...including this individual. http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e119/jasonbirder/BlackHairst...

Very Jealous of the Black Hairstreak Pics! I obviously wasn't quite patient enough on Tuesday! I will try again today...think I need to flip a coin tho' Monks Wood or Glapthorn? IAC fabulous pictures of NBA! I shall be venturing north to ST Abbs to try for these next week (unless anyone has any oth...

Apparently first sightings of Lulworth Skipper at Durlston Country Park yesterday (as per their excellent online Daily Diary).
I shall be visiting Durlston (and possibly Lulworth Cove) tomorrow...so will report back here how I get on for Lulworth SKipper

Black Hairstreak - Monks Wood Cambridgeshire With big thanks to PhilB and others who supplied detailed directions and helped out on-site I managed to see half a dozen Black Hairstreak at Monks Wood today. Most were very mobile in the tops of the Blackthorn trees in the warm sunshine...though I was ...

I was wondering if I was in the best spot. Is there a particularly good place to see them at Haddon Hill ? I would be grateful to find out so I can see them on a return visit, hopefully next week if the weather holds. When I visited last Thursday I had the devils own job finding Heath Fritillary......

Heath Fritillary on the wing at Haddon Hill today too!

Sadly no sightings of Large Blues at Collard Hill today despite extensive searching...the very friendly volunteer warden hadn't seen any newly emerged LB's either...
Never mind...maybe tomorrow!

I might have a try tomorrow afternoon on my way back from my Heath Fritillary quest in the morning!

I shall order a copy come payday - thanks for the heads up!

Local Wanderings 18th May Warm, Humid, Hazy Cloud Cover Bingham Linear Park http://www.rushcliffewildlife.co.uk/sites/binghamlp.html Took advantage of a Sunday afternoon Dog Walk to visit my favorite local spot...in the hope of finally catching up with a Nottinghamshire Grizzled Skipper. Lots of Sp...

What day are you going? I will check the day before if you let me know....
Unless you're going tomorrow (obviously)

Butterfly Off Early Tomorrow's Saturday! May 16th Sunny, Very Warm, Humid 23 degrees Tottenhoe Knolls and Quarry http://www.discoverbutterflies.com/New_sites/TOTTERNHOE_KNOLLS.pdf Finished the afternoon with a visit to this interesting area I drove past earlier in the year. Fascinating site dominat...

Butterfly Off Early Tomorrows Saturday! 16th May Sunny Hot 23 degrees Salcey Forest FC ht[url]tp://www.forestry.gov.uk/salceyforest[/url] After my less than satisfactory views and photo's of Wood White on a windy day in Devon - I chose to visit this well known site to grab some better images and sp...