An excellent look back Jack ! ...........I,d just mention one thing............. ,here at the other end of the Island (Kent ) The weather has also been pretty naff ,certainly the wettest(and dullest)winter/Spring for some years !.........So not that lucky "down South " ! Allan.W.

A very late breakfast at "the end of the line "cafe at Dungeness earlier .Not too much about butterfly-wise but did manage 3 Peacock ,including one that looked as though it had just emerged ! and not overwintered. Lynne spotted a couple of Swallows ..........which i missed ! Driving back a...

Not a Moth Ernie looks like a Caddis fly sp;...............or similar .
Allan.W.

I think that thats an excellent (and pretty comprehensive list !) David . If i could add my "two pennyworth " re; Heath Fritillary ,we musn,t forget the excellent Blean complex in Kent ,particularly East and West Blean woods and also Clowes and Thornden (not too sure about Church wood thes...

Thanks David !.................couldn't agree more ! Allan.W.

Thanks for that information Scott ! I,m recently retired ........more time on my hands now,so we may well get out to SA .
Thanks also for the book recommendation ......much appreciated !
Regards Allan.W.

Had a couple of hours in Orlestone (Kent ) this morning in fine but hazy sunshine .There were good numbers of Peacock on the wing and Commas ,and a reasonable number of Brimstone . Best find was two Small Tortoiseshells in the Longrope section a first for the year ......never that common in the fore...

Thanks Dave ! ........I got lucky ......must have been only around 10 minutes after you,d left .......Still haven,t seen a Small Tort though . Allan.W. Thanks for pointing it out !

Thanks for the ID .Scott ! and good call Guy ! I always like to have a go ,and i,m never bothered about being wrong. Allan.W. As a matter of interest Scott is Ivor Migdoll a well known South African lepidopterist ? My field guide does seem pretty comprehensive . My wife lived in SA for about 10 year...

Paul (Bugboy ) looking at the two pics from the Kent facebook group posted by the finder Hugh Nightingale of two individuals
found in Ashford .If you look closely at the two images in my opinion they are the same insect ie; same wing damage .......quite distinct .
Allan .W.

Thanks Dave !............Very pleased !and it was in good nick too Allan.W.

A Red letter day for me today ,two lifers ! Arriving at my local patch in fine warm weather (17 d) i headed for an area where a Large Tort had been spotted by a local a few days earlier .As i sloshed (very muddy ! ) along i noticed many butterflies on the wing ,mainly Peacocks ,with a few Brimstone ...

Thankyou Goldie and Neil .......Well pleased ! ,bit of a Red letter day for me .About 10 minutes before the Large Tort grounded I found a pair of in-cop Brimstone (another lifer ) just off to buy a lottery ticket !
Regards Allan.W.

The Large Tort; as reported above ie; Shadoxhurstman . is still present today ,fairly distant views at first ,but i got lucky a little later and had it on the floor for nearly 5 minutes . A first for me ............36 Species now for Orlestone ! Allan.W.

As I;ve already mentioned i ,ll readily admit to knowing nothing about SA. Butterflies ,i,ve just noticed that David (Tipping ) also went for Purple Brown Hairstreak ,be interested to see what Charaxes thinks . Just had another look ,and Brown Playboy (already suggested by David )Does look like a be...

I know absolutely nothing about South African butterflies ...........but i do have a book ! years ago my in-laws lived and worked in South Africa and one Christmas they sent me the fieldguide to the butterflies of SA. by Ivor Migdoll . I,ve had a browse through the book ,and there is a similar insec...

Another reported from Penshurst place ,Kent ,photographed by Nancy Stone .........See Kent butterflies facebook .

Looks like the same individual from the 9th ( left forewing tip missing ,white "rub" patch top right hand forewing.

Great Stuff False Apollo ! Two species i,d dearly like to see ..........(I did see Dainty Damsels though ! )
Allan.W.

Good shots of the Eagles Paul ! Something that i always seem to be " You should have been here 5 minutes ago " scenario ! But for me the ( very !) dark morph Buzzard steals the show............lovely bird .Looking carefully at your Eagle shots you can just make out a ring on one of them. G...