Thanks for that.
I have Essex and Small skippers in the field opposite so that makes three types here.

A number of butterflies out today in my garden and in the field opposite the house in West Sussex Large white, Speckled wood, Painted Lady, This Meadow Brown I spotted it the other day, but didn't have my camera with me but luckily it was still around today. http://ukbutterflies.co.uk/phpBB2/gallery...

We had one lone meadow brown pottering around our field today...isn't it rather early for them? Saw 3 GVW a brimstone, 2 small heaths, half a dozen speckled woods in the garden and a a few painted ladies flitting by. Also 2 wonderful male Broad-bodied Chaser dragonflies doing battle over the garden ...

The one I saw had more a rounded wing as far as I could tell and was around the size of a meadow brown.

Just wondering - could the one you saw have been a male cherry moth http://webzoom.freewebs.com/saturnids/W ... methea.jpg as they have long wings?

No, There was no way this was a red admiral. It looked entirely black but when I was chasing it across the garden :lol: :lol: :lol: I could see it from behind and that is when I saw the blueish colour which did look iridescent. I'm wondering what sort of butterflies they are using for releases at we...

Well I was just going to post asking if anyone knew what butterfly looked totally black when it flew past and I spot your post. :D Seen it twice now but each time it has vanished over the hedge and away into the distance, once over the next field and once over a neighbours hedge, so haven't been abl...

So I take it they will be looking for fields of thistles?

If so my neighbours field has about 9 acres of the prickly things.

Huge numbers moving over the downs near Chichester. Hundreds were stopping at a garden centre for a quick snack on the summer bedding plants.

Well I got the books out and the ones in the lane are dog violets for sure. I also went and checked out the wood where I saw one silver washed last year and found it has a really good load of violets in flower so hope to go back later in the year and have a really good frit hunt.

I saw an Orange tip in my garden near Petworth today.
That's a first for me as I didn't see those here last year, so its another one to
chalk up on my garden list.

Well I've been out studying and I think the ones in the lane are dog violets, but the ones in my corner plot of the garden are definitely sweet violets as they have a smell. I haven't seen any frits in the area ( except some silver washed in a wood about half a mile away) but that does not mean ther...

Two peacocks in my garden today, the first butterflies I've seen this year. And loads of bees all over my flowering plum (a bullace type) tree and on the goat willow. ( petworth west sussex)

We have lots of violets growing along our lane.

But I am thinking they might be sweet violets rather than the dog violets, am I right in assuming that the sweet violet is not used as a larval food plant whereas the dog violet is?

Thanks

Cheers amazing that it can make itself look so waspie.... a protective measure I assume.

Guy,

I think your view is totally beautiful

Eris

Hi I found a pupae in an old poultry feed sack, I haven't moved it or photographed it, but I did a search on the web and the only pic I can find is this one on Flickr http://flickr.com/photos/-wit-/164764644/ Which looks identical to the one I found, however it is not id'd on that page either, can a...

Oh I love long tailed tits! I never knew you could get them on bird feeders, I saw some round here a few days back so I had better keep a good lookout on the feeder. I've been hoping a nuthatch will arrive as I know some are in a nearby wood. Super photos.

Well not butterflies but my feed station is looking quite colourful in this cold weather: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/Eris_Chaosdemon/goldfinches.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/Eris_Chaosdemon/goldfinchbluetit.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/Eris_Chaosdemon/coaltit....

Hi,

I havent been on the site for a while but as I spotted a lone Red Admiral in our orchard today and it seemed so late in the year to see a butterfly I thought I would report it.


Ohhh edited to say it was near Petworth West Sussex

Petworth. Saw a wonderful fresh but very very small comma at the garden centre yesterday. It kept settling on the red foliage of the roses. Today to my surprise I saw a meadow brown in the field, I hadn't seen any of these for well over a 10 days, and thought they were all gone. Some small whites, A...