Thanks David, Wurzel

It's nice to know they are still hanging on at Noar Hill.

Recently I managed to find two male Brown Hairstreaks on the ground at Noar Hill if you remember. Today I was in a completely different part of the reserve and found two females, both looking for egg-laying sites. Given they spent most of their time in the shrubbery, often out of sight, I guess ther...

Thanks Guys.

You won't believe it (or maybe you will - I don't know) but I took over 400 photos in an hour of those Hummingbird Hawk Moths. I have managed to trim them back to about 100! All the rest are better than any of my previous efforts. What a fantastic time I had.

My past attempts at taking pics of Hummingbird Hawkmoths have been quite poor. This is because I keep my camera on a standard setting almost all the time which is useless for this particular moth. And when I do get a record shot, look down to set my camera for a better photo and then look up again, ...

Every year I make at least one trip to Old Winchester Hill. The three target species are SSSkips, Clouded Yellows and Adonis Blues. I had already seen the Skips and Cloudie at Oxenbourne this year but hadn't seen any Adonis yet. Well to cut a short story even shorter I got a tick in each box but did...

Wurzel, David

Temperatures down a bit now thankfully after the rain. Still feels like summer, but starting to look a bit autumnal in places.

Oxenbourne today for the 'Flying Teddies' P1190161.JPG Our Number 1 cutest butterfly! P1190145.JPG And a match made in heaven. Chalkhill Blues and Carline Thistles. P1190154.JPG And what's this. An Essex Skipper egg-laying? P1190163.JPG Plus a Clouded Yellow zipping around. It was pretty warm when I...

It's also amazing how many spelling errors you can make if you don't read what you just wrote at least once before submitting!!!

Further thoughts Well my logic isn't toatally sound. Some butterflies migrate large distances, some are intercontinental. Some can get blown off course and maybe, if they get too high up in the atmosphere, get dragged by the jet-stream. Europe, Africa and Asia are all actually connected landmasses a...

Max Thank you SO much for your post. So much info packed into such a small space! Firstly I was amazed at the species that sways while it rolls. That'll be something to keep me awake at nights thinking about. A 'Rockin and Rollin' Butterfly! But more than this - your world-wide experiences made me t...

Same time and place as yesterday. This time I looked for the Brostreaks on the ground rather than in the trees and guess what I found... A Meadow Brown and a Gatekeeper! Where were those two Brostreaks from yesterday? Yes - you guessed it - up in the trees! Just to fool me I suppose. And they didn't...

So there I was craning my neck up at the treetops at Noar Hill hoping to see Brown Hairstreaks. Not a sausage. And no Brostreaks either! A couple of Meadow Browns were flitting about round my feet but I didn't pay them much heed. There was a nice Red Kite flying over my head and a Goldfinch perched ...

Folly Hill today for the Grayling. Every year I visit here, especially one spot which I call their lek because there are always males jousting here. There is a pine tree on a hillock and around this tree congregate a few individuals itching for a fight. There is always one who commands the high grou...

Silver-studded Blue annual survey of Broxhead Common Lek Well they are not over completely at this site but nearly so. I have enough data from regular counts to indicate the flight-period curve this year so it's time to compare results from previous years. Not too much to say this year except that m...

Wurzel, David

You never get tired of them. Even at a distance when you see them up in the tree canopy against the sky.

Alice Holt Woods (again) Well if I didn't think so before - I have finally proved it to myself. I'm an idiot! I was banging on yesterday about seeing almost every species that Alice Holt had to offer for this time of year except the Small Copper. I had forgotten all about Peacock and Holly Blue hadn...

Alice Holt Woods: Bentley Station Butterfly Reserve Well it seemed I nice sunny day today so I decided to go to a place I had not visited for over a decade despite it being only 7 miles away from my house. The reason I avoided this location is because I found other locations in Alice Holt Woods that...

I am no expert but I support your view. I have had many cats and dogs as pets in my time and they all had different characters, all showed emotions and all had dreams! Now regarding butterflies, I did a quick look-up on Wikipedia to discover... 1: A butterfly has cerebral ganglia, Wikipedia says... ...

Alice Holt - The Straits I was only there for little over an hour and saw... Too many M Browns to count 43 SW Frits! 15 L Skips 10 W Ads 7 S Skips (But I know there was a lot more but cannot be totally sure of numbers) 6 Ringlet 3 Comma 2 L White 2 Red Ad 1 S White 1 PStreak 1 Purple Emperor 1 Pereg...

Matsukaze Thanks for those vids. I am always keen to get as many examples as I can of this behavior and these are VERY fine examples! Phil I am always drawn to enigmas and love to try and puzzle them out. Not only butterfly behaviors but just about anything that is a mystery. And this one certainly ...