Well done with the Red Admiral; and a super picture too.

I'm looking forward to getting the next few weeks under our belts and seeing the Butterflies and Wild Flowers again.

Until then, it's Birds; hopefully our local long-staying Black Redstart will hang around until the Spring.

Goldie: pleased to hear it. Mike ...

Goldie,

Thanks.

I don't like snow. I remember we woke up to some snow one morning a couple of weeks ago but it went pretty quickly. I hope that if you have some it will be gone super-quick.

Kind regards ~ Mike ...

Dear Wurzel,

Thanks.

And hoping for the best of luck for you too for the coming year.

Mike ...

Some lovely pictures ...

Neil, Thanks for noticing this. So far I'm having great fun with the local birds this year including seeing yesterday, our long-staying Black Redstart, a Rock Pipit and a Mediterranean Gull but I'm really looking forward to getting to grips with the Butterflies again this year. I can only hope I wil...

Trevor,

Thanks.

It was actually quite weird. The Butterfly looked very much like an old dried leaf that had come to life! If anything, it reminded me of a Comma Butterfly.

I chased after it and thankfully it settled for long enough to be photographed.

Kind regards ~ Mike ...

Well; we weren't really expecting to see a Butterfly, let alone photograph one, until probably late-February or early-March. So it came as a super pleasant surprise whilst walking around the Gardens at Hall Place in Bexley to both see a Butterfly (a Small Tortoiseshell ) and after chasing it around ...

Mark.

Thanks very much. Kind regards ~ Mike ...

Sorry to bother but I seem to be seeing quite a lot of Brown Argus Butterflies at the moment but not too many female Common Blue Butterflies; including the character in the picture. butterflybostallheath2august2015.jpg I need reassurance please to confirm I'm not going off on completely the wrong tr...

David M.: Thanks very much. You are very kind ...

I spotted the character in the picture earlier today in our local Foots Cray Meadows: hairstreakfootscraymeadows22july2015.jpg I have not seen many Hairstreaks apart from a few Green Hairstreaks and one definite Purple Hairstreak on an Oak Tree. There was a nearby Oak Tree and another couple of unid...

Thanks ...

David M.: thanks very much ...

Dear Both:

Thanks very much.

Essex Bertie: although I noticed the dark spot I have seen something similar on female Common Blue Butterflies so wasn't sure how 'portant it is/was for identification purposes.

Once again; thanks very much ~ Mike ...

Sorry to bother but I came across the character in the pictures earlier today; in the Crayford area (the London Borough of Bexley). Although we cannot see the outside of the Wings the Colour of the Butterfly is a definite Brown and the Abdomen seems quite Long; seemingly ruling out a female Common B...

Pete:

Thanks very much. Much appreciated.

Hopefully I'll be more confident in trying to identify them in future.

Kind regards ~ Mike ...

Dave, Howdy. Thanks very much. I had wondered about the top picture being a Brown Argus Butterfly but plumped for a female Common Blue; I'm not aware of Brown Arguses being seen on the Erith Marshes which is where I saw the Butterfly, so it would be really super-dooper if it is a Brown Argus. Please...

Wow; almost two months to the day since I last added anything. But I have been out and about; generally locally and thoroughly enjoying myself. But although it's always nice to see Butterflies &c., I think that for me, the principle joy of looking for Butterflies is to photograph them; and that ...

Pete: Thanks very much.

Kind regards ~ Mike ...