essexbuzzard wrote:A great end to a truely splendid day.

Surely was Mark...very enjoyable report (as is usually the case) and great images

Bill

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Nice report Goldie...and good luck with Large Heath I'm planning on seeing the species myself pretty soon

Bill

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Amblyptilia punctidactyla Brindled Plume for me Jack...but I've been wrong before now

Bill

"When in doubt - venture out"

Lovely images Dave, it appears your Dorset break was highly productive and much enjoyed

Bill

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Another set of great images to go with your interesting report Dave :wink: your micro-moth appears to be the Thistle Ermine...nice ain't they! Oops! sorry Neil I didn't notice your Spindle Ermine suggestion, notice the two rows of black dots and the lack of an upturned slightly feathered wing-tip on...

Agree whole heartedly with the other comments Mike, that last shot is worth your visit to Bernwood/Whitecross alone

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Bill

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Its rare for me to be lost for words Pauline, so let me just add...simply wonderful

Kind Regards,

Bill

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I'm glad you enjoy the Small Coppers I put on here. I often worry that my preoccupation with them makes for a rather dull diary for others to read Dull diary :shock: never Hoggers, thoroughly enjoyed every time I catch up...and your acknowledged here on UKB's as an authority on Small Coppers :wink:...

Beautiful female DGF photo. I haven't seen any yet this year but your photo has certainly encouraged me to go looking! :) That's very kind of you Katrina, when you do see Dark Green Fritillary the wait will have been undoubtedly worth it :wink: BW's Bill :D "When in doubt - venture out"

:D Great photo of the Pike and Kittiwake too Apologies for any confusion Pauline, I got my photo file names mixed up (again!) and lumped all the seabird shots I took under Kittiwake, it's actually a Fulmar :roll: I often mix things up like that...it comes easily to me :lol: Thank you for viewing an...

Thanks David, these 15+ insects were only from Cwm Mere (or should I phrase it merely from the cwm )...ahem! I doubt that time will allow for another visit to Pembrokeshire this year to survey the species core area

Regards,

Bill

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Very good Trevor, your recently discovered interest in dragonflies can only enrich your countryside and natural history interests. Regarding you PM: male Beautiful Demoiselle do have on close observation dark brown-black wings, they appear under certain light conditions (as your image indicates) to ...

Having to cancel a visit to the Great Orme in North Wales for Silver-studded Blue form caernensis a couple of weeks ago, I decided to head down to St Govan's, Pembrokeshire last Monday to re-visit southern Wales only other location with colonies. Knowing that the military ranges at Castlemartin woul...

Alun Valley, Near Bridgend, South Wales a rather hastily arranged visit to check out the situation on the High Brown Fritillary this afternoon produced the first five of the year, boy oh boy!...did they lead me a merry dance and I'm still trying to work out how I possibly managed to get the pics I ...

Visited Daneway Banks, Gloucestershire yesterday, at least ten Large Blue seen, males were frenetic in the hot sunshine searching the banks high and low for females, I hardly bothered attempting to get pics, but I did manage a simple record shot of a mating pair, interestingly this pair remained 'in...

Those Dark Greens are exquisit, I've never seen freshly emerged animals, just worn from days of activity. Always a treat to stumble (literally on this occasion :roll: ) freshly emerged insects Buggy. I was amazed When I saw your cracking shots of the Dark Green Frit . :mrgreen: Thanks Goldie, I'm s...

Okay lets catch up a bit...last Sunday I decided on a whim to ignore the rather poor weather forecast and venture down to the Alun Valley, Near Bridgend which is likely to be the last remaining colony of the nationally threatened High Brown Fritillary in Wales. Arriving mid-morning I got soaked walk...

Some wonderful images posted recently Bill. I particularly like the HF, esp. .... 630 :mrgreen: and the scenery shots add context (I could actually imagine them as paintings hung on my wall :D ) ..... and I, too, liked the last PBF shot :D Many thanks Pauline, I'll make a modern day John Constable ...

You got your digi-cam on overtime Buggy, its great to see all those critters your capturing!!!

Cheers,

Bill

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Your giving me the vague impression that you might just like Small Copper Hoggers...

Regards,

Bill

"When in doubt - venture out"