A very nice little film Steve, clearly showing the classic stilted jerky walk that a female Grayling adopts when about to oviposit. A female Grayling will spend a considerable amount of time selecting where to lay with the tip of her abdomen probing around the vegetation. They will often lay on dri...

Had a quick road trip over the weekend to dorset/new forest.
Managed to capture a poor quality vid of a Grayling.my first ever seen..
Is it laying eggs on horse dung?...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfkM2Qc8_0E

Kind regards
Steve

Hi all, I have at present LOADS of painted lady larvea of all sizes feeding on an Echinops in the small back garden reserve :lol: .Truly fascinating how they move up the plant building the"tent" and then re-homing themselves further up when all is munched. I rightly or wrongly disturbed on...

Sorry if this is the wrong forum to ask but can anyone explain why this Painted Lady influx is flying so fast and all seem to be heading west? Been seeing loads in the last few days here and they all seem to be following the same pattern? For example was at a pals house today and everyone ( and ther...

So THATS what they are! Today here in Kent I kept seeing these butterflies all day flying and gliding over prob a two mile area and wondered what on earth they were. Painted lady certainly fits the bill but they did look quite pale? bloomin things never settled just kept seeing them from a distance....

Thanks Gruditch and IAC...

Heath Frit

Last year I ended up with a tick in my leg after visiting east blean woods.And no deer are found there? I discovered it "wriggling" into my leg the next morning and in a panic yanked the body out. My leg did go a tad red but that was about it. The head is still in my leg to this day,I did ...

Thanks Alex - I shall certainly visit Minsmere and Dunwich Heath while I am here (I hope you had a pint or two of Adnams at the Eel's Foot when you visited - if not, come back soon). Guy Sorry Steve - but it's not uncommon for posts to go a little off-topic when Bryan H pops up with a poem or quip!...

Thanks Pete I shall tell the reserve manager

Steve

I thought this was a Brown Argus but at the reserve I saw it ,the manager said they have never been reported and was a female common blue?I still feel I am correct though?
Thanks in advance wise people

Steve

Another wet boring day and was hoping to visit Lydden today as well!

I was wondering how many of you (like myself) use the Sigma 150mm lens?
And if anyone has been dissapointed with it in any way?...very fine DOF etc,or very impressed?

Regards
Steve

Hmmmmm. I think we have a confusion here with noise - as in shutter noise and mirror slap, and noise - as in the digital equivalent of grain in high ISOs. Roger Harding Reading through this post I was waiting for someone to reply with this. I own a D70 and just bought a D200 and I am suprised by th...

I think splattering these things is all part of the fun and there's a fantastic sense of achievement when you get it right. On a serious note, it's perhaps worth mentioning deer ticks, which are apparently becoming increasingly common, especially in woodland sites. I understand they inject some sor...

Large Skipper...with attitude!

I have recently popped over to Reculver to see if any of the butterflies/moths I used to see as a kid were still around as they used to be. In the only hour I had I saw Essex skippers Large white Green veined white Six spot burnet moths Meadow browns Small tortoiseshell Small coppers Marbled whites ...

I too have recently noticed how "flighty" Marbled Whites can be. At the time of pressing the shutter he was flat out on the clover! I was also fascinated at how the legs are so low compared to the abdomen in initial take off. http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa64/cuttlefish_photos/marble...

Superb and amazing replies gents! And I thought the last week I had it bad! Dave the tick was a shock! just have to wait for its head etc to apparently naturally come out of my leg? And Yellowhammer.. its seems you have really been through the mill! The fellow in the hide! :shock: now that must have...