Nice one Max - good to get your perspective. Glad you’ve started a diary - one to keep an eye on for sure.

Definitely up for this again - but is the date nailed on? Shame if Pete can’t make it....

Hi Jason -
Good idea to post on here - I think there are many users that will very much appreciate your work. Personally I find your DVDs and magazines most useful when brushing up on id skills before trips to Europe - obviously anyone heading to Switzerland will find them particularly beneficial!

Another diary I enjoy keeping an eye on buggers - especially now i’ve left Clapton and rather miss my favourite spots around the Lea Valley - Some great reporting - especially the interspecies non standard behaviour - how very modern - I assume they crawled off to find a ‘safe space’ where further b...

Echoing the thoughts of many others, i'm really impressed with your Brimstone success Trevor - i must be well into 3 figures over the last few days, but not a single decent photo opportunity. Granted i haven't really been trying very hard, but i'd have expected to have stumbled across a few opportun...

Great reporting of the warm spell Dave - i imagine we nearly crossed paths alongside the Arun somewhere, but were probably so busy stalking empty trees and vacant patches of bare ground, that we prob wouldn't have noticed each other anyway! You've posted some great shots already, and it's always a p...

Nice updates Neil, and glad you had a good day with the Large Tortoiseshell. I was very close to making the trip myself, but ended up overwhelmed by the urge to 'find my own', and instead spent the sunny warm spell wandering about the Arun and the Cuckmere river valleys. Many miles covered and some ...

Nice Portugal report Wurzel - somehow reassuring to know others are similarly frustrated when trying to blend family holidays and butterflying!

You nailed it in France though, and it sounds like you’ll be much better placed in Portugal this year....

Very interesting reading David. I’ve come to it a little late in the day, but thoroughly enjoyed reading your notes and thoughts. I have yet to visit Spain with butterflies in mind - something I will surely have to rectify in the near future - inspiring stuff.

Great reports and pics Dave -

I particularly like your hairstreaks - your shots have inspired me to make a bit more of an effort with them next year......

I’m not sure if it’s intentional, or the inevitable result of a busy schedule, but having your trip report drip fed to us through the winter months is the perfect way of softening the end of season withdrawal symptoms all too familiar to the hopeless addict! Ok so it’s no substitute for the real thi...

Fantastic highlights Trevor - and thanks for keeping us all up to date via your diary - like many others it’s a great read and an invaluable resource when it comes to planning trips. Also very nice to bump into you a few times this year - looking forward to repeating that in 2019...

Yes indeed David - I was on the trip this year and can’t wait to get back....

Great to meet you all yesterday - a fantastic way to spend a drizzly Saturday now the season has well and truly ended for another year. It was a pretty long session though, so apologies for becoming more and more unintelligible as the afternoon became evening - I vaguely remember trying to convince ...

Some lovely shots recently Dave - that female Clouded Yellow will have me heading down there when next I get a chance. I’ve had my face buried in horseshoe vetch on mill hill for far too long in recent days, and I still can’t decide if i’m looking at Adonis or Common Blue hatchlings and that despite...

Great post and diary in general Dave.

Was great to bump into you again. Mill Hill is certainly a wonderful place to be in the autumn sunshine - so much to enjoy there.

Ah yes Dave - it was nice meeting you.
Social sounds great - see you there.
Ben

Hi all - I’m really keen to come to this. Although clearly new to posting on this site, I’ve used it as a resource (including the many excellent diaries) for many years, and with a little extra time on my hands this year I’ve started bumping into some of you out in the field, so it seems a good time...