Roger,,, you must know by now that i am in essence a 'wind up merchant', and on dull days i come to life. All points taken.
Thanks for the photo compliments.

Hmm! not sure all these foreign sightings/species are of interest to people logging in to a UKB website, as our season is just coming to life. Most subscribers to this website reside in Britain, and as such,,,, UKButterflies presumably are their main interest. Its a personal opinion, and i know ther...

Thanks for all the advice chaps. I walked the disused railway at Powerstock Common last week. Loads of flighty OTs there, but no GHs. I only know of one possible heathland site, and i checked that Friday. These Dorset GH colonies are small and few, i could walk around Wareham forest all day, and not...

Hmm! Sounds like i might die achieving this. Thanks Felix, but you have to remember we're not all young and fit. Okay,,,,, i cancel my invite, and i am having a re-think. Or maybe GH's aren't that important in my life after all.:lol: Or maybe i'll continue my search in Dorset,,, somewhere. I have th...

Tomorrow, they give another sunny morning hereabouts. I'm off to Fontmell Down to try and achieve my GH ambitions (This is a lifer for me). I'll be delighted to meet anyone of the same mind, in the CP at 10.00 am. I have visited the site before, and its bleeding steep, so i shall be taking it ultra ...

Roger:

Here is a P-b F from this weekend at Marsland.

Awesome pic Roger, another one i have yet to experience.

Out on the Dorset heath this morning, and was lucky enough to get this chap sunning himself, in all his breeding colours. https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_wGSRUg9JC5Q/TaKtkanqmiI/AAAAAAAAJb0/vtXH_-J-dV8/s640/Sand%20Lizard%20%28male%29%20001.jpg Also,,, this more soberly attired gent was present. h...

Kingcombe Meadows DWT. I find these very hard work, but nailed one in the end.

Gawd!!! i know its gonna be the same as 2010, when i tried my hardest. Running all over the Cerne Giant to no avail. Maybe the GH is not for me..... It maybe my NEMESIS BUTTERFLY, common ,but unattainable, like the damned Jay. My Waxwing year was the same... NONE EVENTFUL. :( Sorry to burden you Jack.

Beautiful Green HS pic on Flickr, posted by Paul Ritchie,, Hants.

Thanks Pete and Lee,,,, Lee i'll check the distance, but seems a long way to go for a GH pic. I shall probably go Hamps/ East Dorset. Thank you very much for that offer tho. :D# Jack: Zonda. That picture surely must be saleable. Nah, i doubt it. Unless its for a tabloid, i think agencies require 25m...

Thanks Jack.

I know what you mean,,, and i feed Goldfinches all year round. How would i get pics like this otherwise. Another pic from the same shoot. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_wGSRUg9JC5Q/TZ3jax_2-pI/AAAAAAAAJZU/gxxOsKMfbM4/s800/Goldfinch%20013.jpg However,,,, now the hunt is on,,, and i am driven with...

Thank you both for praising my bird pics. Today i spotted the first OTs of my year. I visited a sun trap meadow this afternoon, and there were 3 or 4 males patrolling. The Cardamines are just starting to appear here, and i saw several Brimstones, a couple of Peacocks, and what i think was a GVW. Bri...

Butterflies are picking up now, with a male, and female Brimstone flopping around the garden yesterday. I haven't as yet seen an Orange Tip, nor any flowering Cuckoo flowers (Lady's Smock). My interest will build in the next couple of weeks, as i see more Leps. Couldn't resist bringing these two tog...

By the Lord Harry,,, you cut that fine, i was a dad at 21, and if i'm honest i was ill prepared. However,,, my 39 year old son still loves me dearly, and his kids are a joy. Your grandchildren are going to kick in when you are on yer deathbed, or after, and that's the reason i would advocate hitchin...

Ooh! That's a nice Comma. Is the Early Grey a cup of tea?

Chasing butterflies in spring, is like chasing young women, when 50 plus. Tiring, and not too fruitful.

59 SPECIES is right, what you do not want is for fledglings to be baked in afternoon sun. If you are attaching a tit box to the trunk of a tree, think ahead a bit and try to provide shade for the fledglings, a north east aspect is usually good, as it only incurs the warmth of the morning sun, and it...

Great pics Neil. I suppose i'll have to take the bird lens off now, and get down to my local Lady's Smock field.