I saw a female down on thistles in the 'thicket' at the east end of Bernwood Meadows a couple of years back. Not on your list, but relatively close by, I also saw a female in the hedge at the entrance to Finemere wood. Happy searching.

Has anyone seen Scotch Argus out yet at Arnside or Smardale ? weather looks favourable this weekend, but haven't seen any reports of sightings. I have generally visited in last few days of July, but I wouldn't blame them for not being out yet given recent weather. thx

as part of my daily exercise by bike....

thanks David M, it was a great place to visit
in contrast I am off to catch a glimpse of White-letter Hairstreaks in elms that fringe the car park of a well known supermarket....

thanks, much appreciated for comments and time to ID iitems Padfield, Pete Smith and Mikhail. I felt the Powdered Brimstone was a long shot and pleased to 'gain' the Sandy Grizzled. I will check photos for the yellow legume; host plants a definite area to work on....

On Day 7, Thursday, the final day of my N Greece trip, I set out for Mount Orvilos – I’d read about it and seen it in the distance. I followed now well driven route to Kapnofyto, grabbing a shot of the Rhodopi mountains, https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50020462132_264f72837b_z.jpg and instead of...

On my June 2019 trip to N Greece, having enjoyed Day 4 trip to Kapnofyto, I decided to head there again, make some different stops in the valley en route, and explore more around the farmland surrounding the village. I alluded to it in day 1, but every day I was seeing hundreds, if not thousands of ...

I started out Tuesday, Day 5 of my N Greece 2019 trip, in the area at the N East of the lake where a girder bridge crosses the Struma river . I knew it was a long-shot, but I planned to check around the white willow (salix alba) on either bank where Freyer’s Purple Emperor had previously been seen. ...

Monday (of my June 2019 trip to N Greece/Lake Kerkiniti/S Rhodopi mountains) I decided to head NE of the lake. A slightly cooler morning, I drove out of Sidirokastro into a winding valley, with wooded areas lower down giving way to scrubbier dry areas whenever the road ascended, and with roadside me...

Continuing with trip to N Greece exactly a year ago, in lieu of any European trip this year... and today I'm trying links to Flickr after Dropbox failure led me to repost with uploads on Saturday's post - hope this works With Sunday due to be very hot again, I decided to head up to the Lailas ski re...

I have checked folder is public and replaced the image addresses, so are they visible now ?

are they visible now ?

thanks guys for your feedback, and welcome corrections to my tentative IDs; plenty more tentatives coming. Paul, I'd planned the trip and booked flights when I realised about the Greenwings tour - I imagine many eyes and experts made for a great trip

After a comprehensive Greek breakfast of eggs, honey, yoghurt, I set out with temperature already climbing, to explore the western side of Lake Kerkinitis. However, several stops revealed relatively little on the wing, so I decided to head into the hopefully cooler mountains and headed for the villa...

Looking at my Easyjet cancellation for flight to Bilbao next week to visit Picos de Europa, I was reflecting that a year ago today I had flown to Thessaloniki in N Greece and driven up to Lake Kerkinitis near the border with Bulgaria, inspired by a trip that Pete Eeles and others had taken some year...

Posting on an ab Small Tortoiseshell I saw a couple of days ago in Worcestershire reminded me of a couple of probable aberrant fritillaries seen on European trips in the last few years that I never got around to posting. I was supposed to be off to the Picos in N Spain next week, so consoling myself...

female common blue or NB Argus.jpg I saw this at Arnside a couple of weeks ago - it had brownish uppersides, but didn't seem to have strong enough orange lunules to be a Northern Brown Argus. Forewing underside lacks expected common blue cell spot. There were male common blues nearby, and a couple ...

thanks for your comments and feedback - I was searching for White Admiral, so didn't really pay the Tortoiseshell the attention it deserved - note to self for the future !

I was visiting Monk Wood near Worcester on Friday and spotted this unusually marked Small Tortoiseshell, lacking a couple of black forewing spots, much more black/grey on the hindwings. Is this an aberrant and does it have a name ?
thanks
SiFenn

couple of years since i have been but they used to have a colour trail to dukes and orchids nearby. they rope off areas where dukes are typically found so they are viewed from path. on os map 1:25000 scale the area is to north of limestone pavement motif in vicinity where 3 tracks shown converging. ...