Bugboy, Wurzel, David - Thanks guys. It was a great morning at Wrecclesham. It seems the Glanvilles may well be on the up there once again.

2nd June 2019, 9-11 am, Wrecclesham, Full sun, 19 degrees Nice to see Dave Miller, Philzoid and Wurzel getting their fill of Glanvilles today. Another couple joined us and it was getting pretty busy. So number of humans counted was 6, BUT the Glanvilles outnumbered us I am pleased to say. For the fi...

Same day, between 3-4pm, Alice Holt Woods, Full Sun, 24 degrees Another "garden centre" trip today. You don't expect much from Alice Holt at this time of year but its a nice shady walk on a hot day like today. Nevertheless... 1 GV White, 1 Common Blue, 1 Comma, 1 Sp Wd Lots of Banded Demoi...

Same day 10.30-11am, Broxhead Heath Tried for SS Blues but as usual at this time of year I was too early. This is not one of the earlier sites for them. However did get 2 Greenstreaks that were still hanging on in there. This one was a bit worn but somehow the colouration was still pretty spectacula...

1st June 2019, 9-10am, Wrecclesham, Full Sun, 16-20 degrees I thought I'd get here early today as the forecast is going to be "A Scorcher". I was not the only one. I bumped into Jenks while there and yes we both got Glanvilled. I counted a total of 7 today. Two males were having a sparring...

30th May 2019, 10.30-12noon, Beacon Hill, Mostly Sunny, 19 degrees Well that was a surprise. The weather forecast said overcast with light cloud all day but it cleared for a while this morning and the sun burst through. 4 Greenstreak, 12 Small Heath, 39 Common Blue, 16 Dingy, 6 Brim, but only 1 Brow...

Wurzel - loved your commentary on your Noar Hill Duke visit. By the way - you made a joke about a Partridge (in a Pear Tree). Of course this area has quite a lot of Red-legged Partridges (not all of them up in Pear Trees of course) but last year I also saw what is nowadays a far rarer species, the G...

Fantastic recent pics, Dave. Two years ago I was told of Hutchinson's Bank and went there for the Glanvilles because I was told they had died out at Wrecclesham. For me the trip to Hutchinson's is awful. I went by car both times and it took ages down all the suburban roads with an enormous amount of...

I didn't go butterflying today. Rain forced DIY on me!!! However I neglected to post my pics of two moths seen over the last week. Nothing rare - but nice enough. Silver-ground Carpet at Noar Hill Silver-ground Carpet (1).JPG Speckled Yellow at Alice Holt Speckled Yellow at Alice Holt (4).JPG Speckl...

David - I wonder if in fact someone may have introduced those Glanvilles to Wrecclesham twice over the last decade because I have been informed by two separate people that they were not seen there by them for a couple of years. This is of course hearsay. They may just have been unlucky on their visi...

Dave, nope it wasn't me you saw. I visited in the afternoon.

Thanks for the comment re the pics though. I consider myself lucky, because even in the afternoon it was gusty.

You are right about the entrance to the Glanville site. It is accessed via a small lane at the back of the cricket pitch.

Wurzel - I'll send you a private message.

27th May 2019, 2.30-4.00 pm Wrecclesham Pit, 40 percent sunshine, 18 degrees, gusty light breeze 3 Glanvilles here. z1.JPG z2.JPG z3.JPG z4.JPG z5.JPG z6.JPG z7.JPG z8.JPG z9.JPG z11.JPG z12.JPG z13.JPG The front legs of the Glanville are vestigial. I like to think of them as "arms". It wa...

27th May 2019, 10.30-11.00 am, Noar Hill Overcast, 16 degrees

A quick look here today. Just 2 Small Blues in the lowest pit on the reserve. I got a proper mug shot this time though rather than my last effort which was a cropped shot.

Wurzel - Yep. Gloria loves going to garden centres. I now have at least one butterfly location for every garden centre within a 20 mile radius of our house! :lol: Dave (Miller) - Thanks. I had no idea that Marshie would be there and when I went back two days later it wasn't anymore. Also, I was care...

25th May 2019, Home Farm, 2-3 pm, mostly sunny, 20 degrees Two entries in my PD today. This one because my wife wanted to go to a garden centre. I take her in the car and this gives me the opportunity to "slope off" for a quick butterfly hunt. I spoke about this location recently, Same stu...

25th May 2019, 8.45-10.45 am, St Catherine's Hill, Mostly sunny, 17 degrees I started off in the same place I saw the Marsh Frit and Adonis Blue two days ago. Saw neither today. Then I continued my butterfly count, this time along the central section of the hill facing the river. 8 Dingy, 25 C Blue,...

David - I am sure you are right. The current weather is making it a bit easier for them too.

Thanks Wurzel. It was a good day for me. Even when I got home I found a Small Tortoiseshell in my back garden - not a species I have seen there before. This brought my daily tally to 15 species. I have not looked back through my records yet but it feels like that is a max species count for any day i...

From time to time I'll add any wing-roll stuff I come across that is new to me. I saw these two Brown Argus at St Catherine's Hill. They were chasing one another for a good while before landing together. The one on the right then frantically wing-rolled at the one on the left with wings open. Argus ...