LOL to Mr Harrison and dilettante .
I was within 12 inches of it so definitely a miniature Small White male and not a half size GVW

Saw a most unusual Small White today around half the normal size

Hi Buchan Boy I know Castle Hill NR well , I used to live just down the road from it . There are certainly Grizzleds there though they tend to be a bit later than say at Mill Hill . Dingys usually have at least a partial 2nd brood and I can recall one day last year seeing Large , Small , Essex , Sil...

Mill Hill , Shoreham , today , lots of butterflies and other enthusiasts to chat to . Species seen Speckled Wood x 1 Comma x 1 Green Hairstreak x 2 Brimstone approx. 7 inc 2 Females Grizzled Skipper 8-12 Dingy Skipper 2 Peacock 2 Small Tortoiseshell x 1 Small Copper x 1 Holly Blue x 1 Small White x 2

Speckled Woods out in force in my little transect adjacent the railway , Tarring Road West Worthing , 10/12 seen , several Small Whites and one Large White and an aberrant Small Tortoiseshell with the black spots on the upper forewing replaced by yellow or light orange spots .

Three first of the year for me today on my short transect along the railway at Tarring Road , West Worthing .
Single Holly Blue , Large White and Female Green Veined White . Surprisingly not a single Nymphalid but 3 x Speckled Woods , 3 Male and 1 Female Brimstone and 6 or so Small Whites

First brand spanking new Speckled Wood on my little transect on Tarring Road adjacent to the railway near West Worthing Station . Adds to Peacock , Small T , Comma , Brimstone and Small White seen here already this year .

Speaking locally ( Worthing and surrounds ) , Holly Blues did not have a bad year at all and Small Blues had a phenomenal first brood and a decent 2nd brood . Speckled Woods had a tremendous year and Common Blues a good one despite 2012 making everyone think that name was a misnomer . The butterfly ...

As I have posted before , all the butterflies we have seen this year ( except immigrants ) came from eggs that were laid last year . 2012 was of course ( supposedly ) a very bad year for butterflies but in reality it cannot have been that bad , they must still have been about , bred and laid eggs ev...

Ok this is not a very exciting report in terms of rare butterflies seen but perhaps of interest to some . For some months I have been monitoring the butterflies on a patch of waste ground just up along Tarring Road to the west of West Worthing station . The patch is around 10 metres wide and 200 met...

Also a Swallowtail seen in a garden in Steyning

Another reported in Friston Forest , East Sussex .

Spent 2 hours at Castle Hill NR Woodingdean , Brighton yesterday Friday . Lots and lots of butterflies Small/Essex Skippers many hundreds if not thousands Large Skippers still some about perhaps 20 Silver Spotted Skippers 2 definitely seen Meadow Brown Lots Ringlet 10-15 Speckled Wood 2 Gatekeeper c...

Does anybody know if there are BHS in East Blean Woods? Goldie, Sorry to disappoint. I do East Blean a lot and there are no Brown Hairstreaks present, not even a release. To the best of my knowledge BHS is absent from Kent and has been for many years. It would be nice to see them back but with the ...

Southwater woods today , 2 Purple Emperors seen but not at ground level . Also :- Speckled Woods , Meadow Browns , Ringlets ubiquitous Silver Washed Frits circa 25 including a fast flying mating couple in copulation White Admiral circa 14 Smaller numbers of Comma , Gatekeeper , Large and Small White...

Southwater woods are not that far from Gatwick . White Admirals and Silver Washed are out in numbers and Purple Emperors may be out now too .

Southwater woods this morning . Silver Washed Frits and White Admirals beginning to emerge in numbers . More Silver Washed in the Eastern woods and White Admirals in the Western woods but all looking very fresh . I would expect numbers to grow in the next few days . No Purple Hairstreaks or his maje...

As I have posted before it is astonishing that often when a butterfly has had a " good year " it is immediately following a " bad year " and of course the butterflies in the " good year " have come from eggs laid in the " bad year " .

Hi Bill 2009 was the last good Clouded Yellow year down in Sussex when they bred extensively and were still about in early November .

A very good 2/3 hours spent today at Castle Hill NR Woodingdean , Brighton . The day started well at home with Holly Blue , Speckled Wood and a very worn out Painted Lady on Grand Avenue Worthing . Butterflies seen at Castle Hill were Small Blue circa 100 ( probably many more present ) surely a reco...