Hi

First pic - Wall

Second pic - dunno but is knackered! LOL!

Third pic - Peacock

Yes - Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor)

Hmmmm.... I may have a rummage around Heaton Park then

Looks like a Holly Blue.

Where about in Manchester are you? I've seen lots of common blue here in Wigan but not these!

It's a pork sausage!

No could be Drinker Moth

Possibly Garden Tiger - Arctia caja

That's a Peacock

http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species. ... me=Peacock

Check out the photos and map here... http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=575 I've been twice recently and seen 1 brimstone and 1 clouded yellow (I think) both on the wing from a distance. If you want Scotch Argus then go to the top of the Knott near the Toposcope and then through t...

This train?

Well - I must confess - this particular Pie Eater was born in St Helens - at Cowley Hill

LOL!

I'm just the other side of Billinge hill

Hint: I'm quite partial to the odd pie

I could always nip over and take some for you LOL!

I'm about 5 miles away

*Takes a bow

Pale Tussock...

http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=1095

Sycamore...

http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=1064

The Sycamore Moth - Acronicta aceris

A few more from the same outing :) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v446/Kaliyoda/Arnside/Knott_August_9th_06/arnside_090806_FieldGrasshopper_2_f.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v446/Kaliyoda/Arnside/Knott_August_9th_06/arnside_090806_PaintedLady_1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v446/K...

Sounds really inetersting!

Make sure you take plenty of photos and keep us posted on their progress!

Spotted on the prom at Arnside yesterday..

Here's a map of Arnside Knott - taken on the car park today...