be it a green man susie?

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unsurprisingly a creature that has evolved to fly in earths gravity can't control its flight in "microgravity" space. wonder what the scientists expected? interesting but it does seem a waste of time and more importantly money, think what could have been achieved with the money that was sp...

thanks for your kind remarks denise!

well done to all who entered! and congratulations to xmile and matt on their placements

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see lee there is always a silver lining to every cloud!

well perhaps not quite silver, or anything shiney at all

nice edit lisa! zonda your robin looks like its just about to have a bath on a summers day, when did you take the pic?

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wow there's an awful lot of photogenic robins out there!

think ive started somthing now?

has there been a christmas card thread in the past? if not could it be a regular thing?

pensive? zonda? could be right there nick

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smart pic gary!

always look good on a fork handle,

mine wasn't in snow either, just a good hard frost down at keyhaven.
they look as round as a ball when its cold!

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just like to say,


merry christmas to all at uk butterflies, both those that make the site what it is and its users!

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hi zonda,

a smart bird you got there, wonderfull colour and taken beautifully!

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rules are there for breaking!

gary. very interesting composition that.

hi pete, it would appear that i at least now have alot of the images on all the sightings threads no longer attached as there is now just a small window with a box and a red cross within, when you click on the box that used to be the image, it opens a window that presents the message "the the i...

mmmm, thats an interesting suggestion misha. i was with phil budd at the time who knows his stuff and identified it as small copper, we also didn't see any holly blue around but there were several small copper on the locality on beaulieu heath that day in the summer. as the two cats are very similar...

hi adrian, ive been using raynox lenses for a couple of years now and its one of the reasons ive not bothered to invest in a dedicated macro lens for my dslr at the moment as i feel ive still not fully explored their benefits yet. i mainly use them in conjunction with my prosumer panasonic fz-50 and...

i missed this thread first time out guy,

the walls are a welcome sight, another of my favourite species, but your speck pic is a cracker.

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susie, in answer to your question "do painted ladys ever feed on rotton fruit"? ive never witnessed it, but a sighting has just been posted on the hants iow bc web site reporting 2 painted lady along with red admiral and comma "all" feeding on rotton apples and pears. so i guess ...

hope it develops in to a nice shrub for you susie, given enough root space they grow into a pretty spectacular and large spreading shrub, well my sisters did! its mainly the winter wet with the combination of a couple of sharp frosts that seems to put paid to the half hardy echiums like this one, if...

hi susie, are you intending to grow it all year round planted in the garden? or in a pot brought under protection for the winter? ive grown wildpretii and pininana before but although the bees liked them i can't say i noticed any butterflies on them. candicans( fastuosum ) would not be as hardy as e...

another painted lady still flying strongly in highcliffe today ( see pic in sightings thread )

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on yet another windy but sunny day down here on the south coast,
in highcliffe, in a garden on hebe again was one nectaring painted lady.


alittle worn now but still flying strong in the winds.

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one painted lady in a garden in the forest today basking mostly and feeding on the last few flowers of verbena.

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wonderful pics vince!

here's one i watched on and off for most of the day today in a garden in the newforest. probably the last ill see this year

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