A protected species in France. this one's from the Doubs.
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Happy Christmas and a peaceful 2019 to all UK Butterflies members.
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My favorite Large Skipper, taken 3-07-2018 Dordogne, France. https://jamesgibbs6929.zenfolio.com/p56 ... #hbf6af873

Nice picture Chris,I had all but given up hopes of seeing the Large Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis polychloros) when unexpectedly this beauty passed me as I was walking along a track, loire-Atlantique, this spring and alighted just in front of me ,most obliging. DEC_3246 Large Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis pol...

A courting couple that couldn't make up their minds. 29-06-2018 Departement de la Dordogne, France
From the same location. 11-07-2018
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I find Holly blues to be very difficult species to photograph,here is one I am pleased with.Taken in the Isère department France. 28-06-2018

Loire- Atlantic, France.23-04-2018. Not a great deal of nectar to be had from this Dandelion head !!

Hello Matsukaze. RE Jim - whereabouts is the vulture feeding station, and is it in operation all year? The link below should help , Vultures have been successfully reintroduced at several sites around France,I believe the feeding station is within walking distance of the village but have not visited...

Another site were I was fortunate to find a cooperative ilia, its just below the hilltop village of Rougon and the viewpoints over the Gorges du Verdon A bonus, Rougon is a feeding station for Griffon vultures , an amazing site to see fifty plus of these magnificent birds circling overhead. A video ...

Thank you for your comments,much appreciated. I am struggling with this skipper ,photo taken at same location in the Dordogne, the nearest match I can find seems to be one on Matt Rowlings website, Pyrgus alveus please can someone comment. MAY_6067_copy 3x2 reduced Pyrgus alveus .jpg Large skipper,n...

After an enjoyable visit to the Doubs and the Jura we leave on a high to search for the Scarce large blue Phengaris teleius. A site recommended in the Isère département proved to be all but inaccessible, we quickly abandoned the site and continued our journey to the Dordogne ,making a halfway stop a...

One of two seen on a track at Landes de Bilais, Loire -Atlantique. 05-05-2018.

Fell in love with this little butterfly when I saw my first at Hartland point, Devon, several years passed before I finally saw another, flying Emeralds.
Two if its allowed to show marking variations, Loire -Atlantique, France.
1st picture 26-04-2018
2nd picture 24-04-2018

A walk around the Le cirque de Consolation before we left produced little of interest. MAY_6698.jpg ​We moved on to find consolation at a small lake neatly managed by the local community, it would provide another highlight of the trip. Clearly popular with the local fishing fraternity a fisherman wh...

I do assure you David the D-g-Frits were in short supply in the Doubs/Jura in contrast to other Fritillary species seen, this is the only other one that I recall seeing, near Chenalotte 20-06-2018

Photographed at the Tourbière de Prénovel, Jura, France. 27-06-2018, a scenically beautiful location, regrettably not enough time to fully explore the walk across the meadows.

Highlights of a trip to the Doubs 2018. A return trip to the Doubs was planned with the hopes of seeing several more of the regions rarities. The Moorland clouded yellow and the Cranberry fritillary were the two of my target species, for some reason that I can't explain the Cranberry Fritillary had ...

La Réserve Naturelle du Marais de Moëze-Oléron, Charente-Maritime.19-09-2018.
Not as many seen as in previous years, only two seen at this location.

Not in the Dordogne but maybe you can visit on your return journey, regularly see them at Maillezais but timing as always is everything. Copy the coordinates then past into Google earth search, hit go, the machine will do the rest. Forêt de Lancosme 13-06-2017. VENDOEUVRES 46°45'59.47"N 1°24'20...

I can only manage one, a Red admiral Female ?? in my garden, looks in very good nick for the 1st of November.