6 October 2013... Meadow Browns were the first butterflies to be seen and this trek I counted 19 in the one acre transect I can't believe you're seeing Meadow Browns still. They disappeared from S. Wales a month ago. They were fresh. They will only hang on in the short chalk vegetation. I am sure t...

Long-tailed Blue sightings in Sussex. Not me though. In my area but only occasional visiting areas.

http://www.sussex-butterflies.org.uk/sightings.html

6 October 2013 Under a mixed cloudy sky, it was warm enough for the few remaining butterflies to come out in the sunshine. At least four Speckled Woods were seen in the shade of bushes and trees at the top of Chanctonbury Drive (SE of Mill Hill Road Bridge over the A27). The sun then disappeared beh...

I'd go for Adonis myself... Me too. The spots on the hindwing and the powdery blue hue are very Adonis-like. Thanks. I went for Adonis as well. "Notably there was a large brown butterfly which I suspected was a female Adonis Blue. There was also a probable male Adonis Blue as well as a female ...

I don't know if this is an Adonis Blue or Common Blue? It was seen chasing away a blue butterfly half its size which was thought to be a Common Blue.

In some years Wall Brown has a third brood in Shoreham, Sussex.

29 September 2013 When the sun came out so did a few of the more notable flying insects including at least seven Comma Butterflies and a few Speckled Woods in the shade, as well as a few Small White Butterflies and at least one Large White Butterfly on the Downs Link Cyclepath from Old Shoreham to U...

2 October 2013 In Shoreham town there was a least one Small White Butterfly on an overcast day with brief spells if sunshine. The Pixie Path route to Mill Hill added a Speckled Wood and a Red Admiral . On Mill Hill Road , north of the bridge, I spied a Dark Bush Cricket by the hedge. Venturing down ...

I would not recommend the Canon SX40 with Raynox close-up lens to anyone, but the 5-spot Burnet did not come out too bad in the sunshine, picture above. SX40 would be Ok as a cheap casual camera if it was cheap, but it wasn't. Well overpriced. Lens problems with blue halo on some pictures in sunshin...

9 July 2013 Another warm day (24.9 °C) and the butterflies were both frequent and restless in the sunshine. My first Small Skipper (12+) of the year was seen on the Downs Link Cyclepath but like the frequent Meadow Browns (50+) and equally numerous Small Tortoiseshells (50+) they were not inclined t...

Hello, I have a problem separating the females of Adonis Blues and Chalkhill Blues. The 73 recorded were all identified as Adonis Blues on Mill Hill, but I suppose some could be Chalkhill Blues, but all the recent Chalkhill Blues have been rather tatty and these were mostly in good condition. http:/...

Good condition specimen from 30 July 2008



When are the two broods meant to emerge?

I see Common Blues in all months from May to November. First seen usually end of May, but one year (2008) on the 7th May and two other years in ten in mid-May. The second emergence in August is much larger, sometimes a hundredfold. http://www.glaucus.org.uk/CommonBlue-fem162.jpg The big blue females...

4 September 2012




About forty Red Admiral Butterflies congregated around a single Buddleia bush by the buffer stop (north of the Riverbank Industrial Estate) west Shoreham.

Today. Four butterflies, two species.

Only three can be seen on my computer. Maybe more on wide screen ?

From a few days ago.

David M wrote:

Perseus wrote:Forty plus Red Admirals on a single Buddleia today.

Good Lord! Fair play to you for being able to count them!

It was an estimate. I counted up to about thirty.

Forty plus Red Admirals on a single Buddleia today.