Hello there, on Saturday I was able to go to the area around Arnside. Its a slight disadvantage writing this at 6AM on Wednesday instead of Sunday like I planned, as my memory isn't as fresh. We set of at about 10AM and got to Warton Crag for around noon. After eating our lunch and talking to Dave w...

I just got of a walk, relatively sunny day today, so on the walk I was able to see lots of butterflies. Saw a holly blue but my camera couldn't focus on it so i couldn't get a shot, and the speckled woods were very annoying :x So I saw my first small coppers of the year https://elliotttcphotography....

Beautiful shots

So the butterflies have returned, the sun is shining and more and more species are coming out, and today I got my first images of butterflies in 2022 :D https://elliotttcphotography.files.wordpress.com/2022/03/p1250844.jpg?w=1024 https://elliotttcphotography.files.wordpress.com/2022/03/p1250849.jpg?...

David M wrote: ↑Mon Oct 18, 2021 4:00 pm If the cellar is unheated, dark and dry then it may well be able to hibernate there, BB.

If not, then wait for a mild, sunny morning and let it go free.

Ok thanks David will do

So i found a small tortoises shell in the cellar about 20 minutes ago hibernating but we woke it up and I'm wondering if anyone has any recommendations on where to put it or to release it into the wild? Currently it's on the roof but I don't think it can stay there for a few months without being dis...

that's funny I've not come on the forums for such a long time I've been signed out :lol: I've not really been on for a month after my holiday to northumberland where i saw my first graylings :D https://elliotttcphotography.files.wordpress.com/2021/09/p1210459.jpg?w=1024 i saw 3 graylings but since t...

I hope the ssb will recover next year, but does that mean that the ssb are still flying?

Well done, BB. You're getting the hang of this rather quickly! :D Yes do you like my image of the wlh I went wlh hunting yestday only saw one, saw a purple too, a bee chased it away https://elliotttcphotography.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/p1200581.jpg?w=1024 Funny isn't it as soon as i see one ph I...

First of all your dad scores top marks for 'Dadding' 8) You did well to get them on the second attempt. Great job with the Emperor 8) :mrgreen: It can be frustrating when people put up butterflies, sometimes you can get lucky and they show an interest and so you can get a load of shots but then oth...

Nice shots, especially the Purple Emperor on the ground :) It's a shame that people are so unthinking, they could have waited until you got your shots :roll: Thanks, Yes, bit annoying really I think there was better shots of for grabs, but for the time being that will do for me :) I could hear them...

it's alright, well I'm going to try to see a white letter now so I'll be back later

So on Saturday I went to Chambers farm, Lincolnshire to try and see some new species of butterfly I was hoping to see... Purple emperor White admiral Wood white Brown hairstreak I Got talking to Toby L and he gave me a quick guide to the place and where to see stuff like the black hairstreak, and fo...

with the green veined it has black pigments around veins and the small white has creamy wings with no black pigments around it's veins butterfly conservations image https://butterfly-conservation.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2019-02/33036564024_a3008c2437_o%20%281%29.jpg here is the b...

so yesterday I was playing tennis when my dad came rushing to me saying he'd seen 3+ white letter hairstreaks on some thistles so I chased after him to find none. Later that day I went to get some eggs, I saw a family of yellows hammers and some white throats and possibly a lesser white throat, but ...

Yes, I'd say that they are wood wight because the other whites (large, small) have more of a creamy colour under wing and they have usually 1-2 black spots (depending weather they are male or female)
So I'd say that these are wood whites.

female common blue

I thought brown hairstreaks would have a higher success rate than 3% but did more hatch out of eggs but just fail to pupate?

nice images, I'd like to see ssb some day

never seen a northern brown, or I might have but it had no white on it, I think I've only seen common blues and brown argus though.