Hi Allan thanks very much for the information on toads hole we are staying with family in St Austell so that will be really handy

Hope that you have a great time in Cornwall I will let you know i get on and where i see the butterflies at breney

Hi LCPete, Another brilliant place for Grizz in the area is the Swynerton Army Base near Stone. The West Mids butterfly group usually has a visit there in early June. It's not normally open to the public, but John Bryan (johnpbryan15@aol.com) generally organises a visit. Last year, we saw more th a...

Whereabouts in Staffs are you? Llanymynech Rocks is a good early Grizz site. Follow the track up past the quarries, just before the woods. There is a steep rocky slope on your left where they are usually present. You may also see PBF and Dingy there. Tony M. (Stafford). Many thanks for the informat...

Hi I'm planning a trip down to Cornwall and would like to visit Breney common while I'm there for the marsh fritillary I did visit a few years ago in 2009 and had a great afternoon and saw several marsh and small pearl bordered fritillaries Can someone confirm that the postcode I have is the right o...

Thanks for the reply Paul
That's really good news for the Grizzled skipper I was very concerned but the future for them does now look promising
Pete

Thanks Bill hopefully they can be saved at the site
thanks Kev that's great news thanks for the info
I have been to Llanymynech a few years ago I didn't realise that there were Grizzled Skippers there

Hi maverick :) Developments are always difficult as it will bring work to the area but there must be other suitable sites that are not so valuable for butterflies I ended up going to Eyarth rocks for the Pearl bordered fritillaries they are out at the moment its worth the trip the details are on the...

unfortunately its no longer possible to access this site I travelled there this morning and there is high fencing around the site I thought I would give members the heads up to save a wasted trip its not good news I'm afraid the council have given the go ahead for a large new prison on the site butt...

Good luck on your return visit Neil and AT spot on with directions you should see Large Heaths if you go on a sunny day in a couple of weeks or so
Tricky to be exact as the weather has gone all to pot this year

Thanks Pete. That exactly matches my first last year, on 9th April, a little further along the valley. This has been a very funny year. February was bitterly cold and put a hold on the vegetation, suggesting it was going to be a late season. March countered this with wall-to-wall sunshine, making i...

Thanks Roger David and Guy for the ID
I saw the Green-underside Blue on the 9th of April (monday afternoon) at Vetroz
The day afterwards I saw a Scarce Swallowtail fly around quite close it was brilliant to see it did not land but made my day to see it

Hi just got back from a trip to Switzerland to see family Managed to find some butterflies I was amazed to see Queen of Spain Fritilary and Bath whites could not believe my luck :D :D I found this blue about the size of a Holly Blue, its probably a Small Blue but the spots are different to the ones ...

Would be great if the camera had the option to do this
My 7D has 18 mp if it could use say 6 or 9 m pixels at high ISO and discard the noisy ones that would be really handy !

Old thread now but thought I'd add my thoughts I started with the sigma 105 and then bought the 150 I found that I had to use a tripod to get Sharp shots I've probably got shaky hands! Got some nice shots with the 150 and tripod but was missing shots setting up the tripod when Phil showed me what he...

Hi are there any sites in the Northwest ? I noticed on the distribution map in The Butterflies of Britain & Ireland that marbled whites are found in the northwest there is a small circle on the map south of Warrington would love to see these without having to travel down south :D Have already tr...

Are the Northern Brown Argus still out ?
hoping to travel up this weekend the forecast is not too clever though
Pete

I've just noticed (!) that I'm going to be very near Arnside Knott for the first week in August. What are my chances of HBF, NBA or Scotch Argus at that time? Or Large Heath at Meathop Moss or elsewhere? I normally travel up at that time of year for the Scotch Argus and always see them but struggle...

Thanks very much Guy

Hi here's a couple of fritilaries from Heddons Mouth the first one is from last year and I am absolutely convinced its a High Brown as I saw the underwing as well The second one is from 4 years ago at the time I thought it was a High Brown but am not so sure now I was watching dark greens yesterday ...

Hi... I work in a photographic shop, and we get alot of customers coming in with problems with memory cards, the most important thing to do to your card is "Format it" none of the books tell you to do this, but if you want your card to continue working perfectly, it is vital that you do t...