Regrettably very few Butterflies in my garden this year but plenty of other interesting insects on the Eryngium bourgatii, Mediterranean sea holly or Eryngium alpinum, Alpine eryngo, not sure which species , a super plant that attracts so many different wasps ,hoverflies and a great many others inse...

"Time surely doth fly, Paul, and it's sobering to remember how carefree we all were on this trip 2 years ago. Goodness knows what fate has got up its sleeve for next year though. It surely can't go back to how it was earlier this year, however, can it? I'm seriously considering buying a good-si...

Moth for ID.
An attractive little moth with an annoying habit of flying and then landing on the underside of nettle leaves but with a little perseverance I did manage this shot.
Westhay NNR, Somerset.
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Clifden Nonpareil Catocala fraxini, I hope I have the ID correct.

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Ham Wall 16-08-2021 A disappointing visit to Ham Wall RSPB, Somerset, I had high hopes on seeing good numbers of Red Admirals and Peacocks that I normally expect to find on the Hemp-agrimony but was very disappointed,at the most 5 Red Admirals 1 possible Peacock 1 Newly emerged Small tortoiseshell p...

Broughton Down Nature Reserve https://jamesgibbs6929.zenfolio.com Hi Dave I have visited this reserve and seen the species that you are interested in , perhaps a little further East than you would like but the A303 is an easy drive up from Exeter , sometimes congested with holiday makers at the week...

Volucella zonaria
I saw my first this morning, an eye catching insect, had me fooled for a moment.
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Yesterday 10-08-2021
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In my Garden
1 newly emerged Painted Lady
1 Red Admiral
and
Late evening
1 Small Tortoiseshell
Near the Church of St Mary's , Wedmore
a Jersey Tiger Moth.

Yes I echo Pete's congratulations, you certainly deserved your lucky break Roger, the track that you describe is very dangerous, not for the faint hearted, making the return trip along the track we passed fresh blood splattered on the rocky path, someone must have received a bad fall. I took my phot...

Alners Gorse, Dorset 26-07-2021 Wildflowers everywhere at Alners , very pretty, and lots of butterflies. My target species was the Purple Hairstreaks, they were more numerous than I had seen them on my previous visits, I find this species very difficult to photograph by their habit of constantly fli...

Back to the Sweet Track 21-07-2021, this time suitably protected against the mossies, one Comma seen near the old S and D railway track and one at the Hawk and owl reserve, I was disappointed to see only one White Admiral at least this one was in a lazy mood, its gave chance for some photos, taken i...

Visits to Priddy and the Sweet Track Shapwick Moor. Little in the way of butterflies at Priddy, 07-16-2021, rather disappointing but the Dragons did not disappoint Black tailed Skimmers were numerous and a fresh Emperor and Empress made up for the disappointment. Two visits to The Sweet Track, Shapw...

Part 2 Prees heath A pleasant visit to Prees heath, to see so many Silver studded Blues was quite an experience, my only encounter with this species in the UK was two specimens seen at Portland 2012 ,two other species seen were Small Tortoiseshell and Small Heath, White Campion and a blush pink spec...

Whixall moss continued.

A short video of the Large heath
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Whixall Moss and Prees Heath. Whixall Moss part one. 25-06-2021 to 03-07-2021 Unable to visit France this summer covid gave me the chance to search for a species that had long eluded me in France so my wife and I journeyed North from Somerset and spent a week at Whixall Moss in the hopes of adding t...

Just returned from Wixall Moss and a visit to Prees Heath Common, The  Silver-studded Blue were so numerous at Prees Heath Commonthat that care had to be taken not to step on them, this couple drew my attention, the female appeared to be almost black with a blue suffusion, is this unusual ?  More pi...

I think your Bee is a Common Carder Bee ,if not maybe Brown Banded ,someone will definately know on here .
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Three pictures that may help with an ID Alan, the bumble unfortunately is not in sharp focus but clearly shows it has a "white" crown.Thanks for you interest.

Wednesday 16th - Green Down, Somerset:

Small Heath 30-40
Meadow Brown 30-40
Common Blue 15-25
Large Blue 11
Large Skipper 5-10
Dingy Skipper 2
Brown Argus 1
Small Tortoiseshell 1

No Marbled Whites on the list David, they are usually abundant at this site.
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A few of the species seen at Aish Tor Dartmoor, Devon, 22-06-2021 The High brown Fritillaries were as usual very active,reasonable numbers seen. Also seen one Red Admiral and a Brimstone, no pictures. JUD_0385 High brown Fritillary.jpg https://jamesgibbs6929.zenfolio.com JUD_0378.JPG JUD_0429 High B...

You may have missed my post of yesterday https://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=11002&start=100 Today on Exmoor. I arrived at 7-am, the sky was overcast, not at all promising, experience has taught me it only needed a ray of sunshine to bring the winged wonders out , I had...