To the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Uk Butterflies web-site.

I would like to apologise for any offence coursed, particular to Gruditich and his family. From Shirley

The A.G.M. for the Butterfly Conservation Society is due to held soon, could a representative from the Uk Butterfly web-site attend, ask if the calendar be available on that day, say on atble somewhere where people can see, have one open for people to view, a nice poster saying about the profits. It...

Hi Susie,
Could you tell us what Buddliea Flower Power is, I'm very curious.
Shirley

Many congratulations to the winners, nice one of Pete's something different. Shirley

Hi,
Were these photo taken recently, the flowers look really fresh. Nice photos too. Shirley

I also think that the calendar has beautiful photos in it.

It would be fair to include more photos that the ladies take, it seems a very one sided calendar. I don't include myself at all. There are a lot of excellent photos in pass competitions that have been taken by ladies. Perhaps one of the long standing ladies could choose the photos next year.

I think that the two Brimstone's are perfectly shown as two photos in one. Shirley

Guy, you are a star. Is there a 5 spotted Ladybird. Now, my famous bottoms up photo, I took two, here's the other one. Jan Millar from the North Wales Butterfly Society has asked me if she can put it in her new book, I'm not sure of the title, Gardening for Butterflies, I think. So I thought somethi...

Hello Em,

I'll be right clever and see where it gets me , is the ladybird on the finger a baby one and mine is an adult, 5 spotted Ladybird. Shirley

To Perseus, Having just had a look at your butterfly blog, on the 25th Sptember there is a Small Copper on what looks like Sea Pink but slightly different, is this flower what people called Field Scabious. I thought that Scabious was blue and sea pink comes out in the Spring ,I think. Thanks Shirley

Thanks Guy,

What gets me is the funny little legs they have.
Shirley

Not much going on up in North Wales, one Ladybird, one Comma and one Red Admiral. I just keep looking, at least the sun sort of came out to-day.

That not the only good photo there, a great one on the book of raffle tickets, a Small Tortoiseshell by a Mr. Pete Eeles and one or two more in the magazine by the same gentleman. Not only the Butterfly magazine but the Bird Watching magazine the same gentleman with his photo of the Purple Emperor a...

Hi Em, I don't do much swimming in the summer we have hundreds of visitors down here but it nice and quite in the winter, so the pool is not too busy so its nice to go once a week, something to look forward to. I like to walk the dog on the beach but sometimes she runs off if someone has a ball and ...

Hi Mouse, The weather for down south tomorrow is sunny and dry but up in Scotland lashing wind and heavy rain. To-day we had cold wind, so no gardening, no butterflies just work making 'things' that I do for the new year. When I am a bit low I go to the local swimmimg pool in Pwllheli, do you like s...

I do indeed Shirley

Now Dave, that's very interesting. First sooty lived for 14years, second Sooty was killed on a main road quite some distance from home, so someone told me tabby cats don't wander, so I got a tabby but she does a bit and not allowed out after 5pm, so she's giving my house hell, clawing at the wall pa...

Hare's have got long ears, the one in your photo has so we'll call it a Hare. I forgot Sooty is a tabby. Regards Shirley

Thanks Pete, I had friendly advice, if you cannot see its eye, don't take the photo. I seemed to have gone for the wrong end!! , we live and learn.