Hi Paul It would certainly be brilliant if BC did purchase the site so that it could be safe for the future As far as I know the council own the site it would be nice if they turned it into a nature reserve it would not even cost them anything I did suggest this to the council wldlife officer but ap...

Hi Paul :D there was a plan to build a prison on the site but that seems to have gone quiet, I was worried about that I have asked the council wildlife warden and there are no specific plans to develop the site but that could change :( There was another local site for Grizzleds but that was develope...

sorry just found this post
Glad you found them , it is a great place one of my fav sites and the only place that I have seen grizzleds
, they do only fly when the sun is out

Not all dog owners are bad people but I do believe that dogs should not be allowed on reserves We went to Heddons mouth in Devon last July for the High Browns The butterflies favourite nectaring patch of brambles seemed to be a popular spot for the bags of dog poo to be dumped I managed to collect t...

Thanks
I have not noticed it before but do now think it must have happened before and I did not realise that it was the noise that spooked the butterfly
its odd that only certain species are bothered by the noise
pete

Hi I have been visiting the butterfly house at Chester zoo lately to keep my hand in :D I had a odd thing happen today one of the butterflies, a Glasswing, was spooked by the sound of the autofocus motor as soon as it started the butterfly shot off It happened a couple of times always with the same ...

Something that I've begun to use are the online archiving systems of which there appear to be a bewildering number nowadays - used to use Carbonite but now use Dropbox and SugarSync. Great for getting images to people (though I tend to use YouSendIt for that!) Just uploading the best ones to dropbo...

Thanks very much for offering that very kind of you :D :D :D I had gone through already and picked out the best shots and backed them up to another drive luckily so dont need the ones that are on the broken drive I am so glad I did that would have lost a years worth of shots. Thanks anyway though :D...

I got the day wrong it is on tonight and is on BBC wales

I managed to bugger up a drive full of pics by pluggling in the lead from my laptop into it ! 20v instead of 12 I did try changing the chassis and power supply but it was US Luckily I had backed up all the best shots onto another drive :D I now have 3 external drives on the go with a 4th one full I ...

Thanks Jack have looked no luck on ours will try i player tomm

Was hoping to see this but just noticed that BBC2 Wales are screening a cookery programme instead by Nigella Lawson
Pete

Lovely shots Guy thanks for posting
seems ages since I visited switzerland but it was only a few weeks ago

Hi Phil nice to see you on here

Hi Paul he was stunning I saw 2 visit for about 5 minutes
I have googled apparently they are quite common in central Europe
Pete

Thanks very much Guy for the ID I do agree it does look like alveus I have not seen any continental butterflies before was quite exiting looking for new species :D I dont think I got any underwing shots but will go through my shots again as I did take quite a few. thanks for the ID on the bee trapli...

Hi Guy thanks for the ID's :D I was hoping the first one was an Adonis but was not sure as I have seen them in the UK but did not get any decent shots :D Not seen a chalkhill blue at all we dont get them in North Wales I had to travel to Dorset for the Adonis :D Unfortunately I did not get any under...

Hi everyone I had a week in Switzerland (Valais) to see family My dad took me up to Deborance and found lots of butterflies :D some new to me :D http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v490/lcpete/_MG_9498.jpg think this one is a common blue http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v490/lcpete/_MG_9595.jpg Not s...

Hi everyone it has been a while since I started this :D Sorry its been ages since I contributed As an update I did end up getting the 100mm Canon IS macro, the autofocus on the Sigma105 started playing up. I ended up working a lot of overtime last winter and getting the Canon lens Its a fantastic le...

Hi we are going down to heddons mouth next week for the High Browns and thought we could have a wander round Watersmeet too
The Discover Butterflies in Britain book lists White Admiral there is there any particular area to look for them?