I'd say that looks good for Southern Small White, I think Thanks for your prompt reply Paul I reckon that's malvae , Steve. No line of small, white submarginal spots that you see in Spialia . Thank you David. According to the Butterflies of Croatia site Grizzled Skipper is absent from the Istria Pe...

Could anybody please confirm if any of these Small Whites are Pieris mannii ? Also I think the Skipper is Southern Grizzled Skipper could anyone confirm this too? Many thanks in advance Steve DSC03838.JPG DSC03844.JPG DSC03848.JPG DSC03857.JPG DSC03886.JPG DSC03943.JPG DSC04940.JPG DSC04947.JPG DSC0...

Excellent as usual Pete. Thanks for another great report.

Despite a glorious day today (7th) numbers were still low although I did manage to get my first Wall of the year.

First real chance to get out with some decent sunny spells but blowing a hooley. Cotley Hill, Wiltshire Grizzled Skipper x 1 Brimstone x 5 Large White x 1 Orange-tip x 6 Green Hairstreak x 7 Holly Blue x 1 Peacock x 8 Speckled Wood x 2 DSC02684.JPG DSC02630.JPG DSC02648.JPG DSC02706.JPG DSC02711.JPG

We had dozens of them on Gibraltar a couple of weeks ago, but we now know how lucky we were with the weather! That's what I was hoping for too plus maybe a Provence Orange-tip but alas no :( Well done on your search. It's definitely the most beautiful of the Festoon species in Europe, in my opinion...

Mission accomplished I headed back on the 40-minute walk to the cruise terminal. Strangely enough the only other butterfly I saw during my search was a Mallow Skipper, nothing else was on the wing at all. DSC01040.JPG My next spring trip needs to be Cyprus so I can add Eastern Festoon to my list.

As the temperature began to rise I suddenly caught a glimpse of a small butterfly skimming the ground ahead of me. Although not settling I could make out that it was a Spanish Festoon. I had my quarry in my sights but the loose scree on the slopes made it very difficult to keep a grip whilst trying ...

Outside of the cruise ship terminal were the usual taxis so I decided to chance my luck and see if I could explain where I wanted to go using google maps. After a bit of discussion between drivers one was pretty sure he knew where I wanted to be dropped off so away we went. 10 minutes later he was d...

Amid a gloomy mid-winter Claire, my wife found a decently priced cruise sailing out of Southampton visiting a half dozen ports around the Iberian Peninsular departing 25th March this year. (We are currently still on the cruise, but a sea day allows me some time to write this up.) My usual prerequisi...

One today at undisclosed site in Surrey

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Another sighting at Hutchinson's Bank, Surrey yesterday 14th.

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First LT I've heard of in 2024 (unspecified location in Kent) https://twitter.com/WellManneredXS/status/1766231165608825276?t=X0BHJYlfm4dUqc3MfjhYgA&s=19 Thanks for that, Garry. A few seem to be turning up every spring now (and in summer too!) I've no doubt they're slowly re-establishing themse...

I took quite a few photos in both the UK and Europe in 2023 including such goodies as Two-tailed Pasha, Nettle-tree Butterfly, Monarch, Canary Blue and Canary Brimstone but my absolute favourite is the Geranium Bronze below. Taken in La Orotava in Tenerife.

I'm lucky to have a small number of White-letter Hairstreaks ( and Purple) just 5 minutes from my house so had ample chances to photo these little gems this summer.

Below are my favourites taken this year Melksham, Wiltshire

I had my first butterfly of the year yesterday with a Red Admiral in the garden at lunchtime. Melksham, Wiltshire

Not as numerous as 2022 but still a few seen. This is my favourite one for 2023. Bewley Common, Wiltshire 25th July

Brilliant stuff as always Pete. A fair few I recognise from Florida I was also surprised to see demoleus in Cuba! I wasn't expecting it. And yet as you point out in your later post, it has been reported recently from Portugal, and I was aware of it gaining a foothold in Turkey and Cyprus in recent y...

As always looking forward to a cracking trip report Pete. I have birded Cuba but unfortunately before I was 'into' butterflies. looking forward to seeing what I missed out on!

David M wrote: ↑Tue Oct 31, 2023 7:36 am Doesn't look promising for the first few days of November, but there are no frosts forecast so I expect Red Admirals to be around during any sunny spells.

2 in the garden between showers today.