Thank you very much! would of great to of found a rare specie or aberrant form though

Hello all, Went on a walk to Powerstock Common (Dorset) with my Dad today, and had a lovely walk with tonnes of Small tortoiseshells, common blues and speckled woods. Also with two lovely but tatty Silver-washed fritillaries. My dad spotted this clouded yellow and I sneakily crept up on it while fee...

Hi all,

Saw my first sighting of the year last week! It was a Red admiral flying past weakly in the VERY strong winds!

Forgot how much I loved this site!

Felix

On summer holidays now Woo!! 6 weeks of butterfly hunting!! To start of a great day at Stonebarrow Hill With a grand total of 16 species of butterfly!! This included: Lots of silver-washed Fritillary including a mating pair, numerous small, green-veined and large whites, 1 beautiful male Brimstone, ...

Hi, was offered a ride to Stonebarrow hill and couldn't refuse the offer :lol: was very pleased with the out come! :) Saw lots and lots of meadow browns all great condition and also lots of Common blue. 1 small tortoiseshell very good condition! 4x small heaths 1 green hairstreak! (very pleased) :D ...

Spring has Sprung! Saw 3 Small tortoishell also a Brimstone in Morcombelake today, It felt like heaven!

Lots of Crocus and Daffodil flowering now in our area!

Felix

Thanks Felix, I will have a look for more of the same aberrations at cerne abbas again this year.

Thanks again,

Felix

Thanks for that Felix I am very suprised that I found that Brown Agus aberration with no idea I found it :D. Just out of intrest how rare do you think it is to find that abberation? Yes I did notice that caterpiller there and wondered what it was, I was just seeing if anyone would notice with the ca...

Have a look at my other photos if you like see what you think!

Be honest,

Felix

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22341124@N08/

Ok, yeh it does look that way doesn't it.

Thanks for your help,

Felix

I remember taking this photo at Powerstock Common in June and have just notest a large black dot on the underwing what could this be and how can it occur?

Thanks for any help ,

Felix

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22341124@N08/5455335525/

Whoo half-term! Hoping to see a butterfly in the week and 3 days I have+it's warm and ment to be sunny on saturday so fingers crossed!

From an very excited,

Felix

I recently saw this on my local news I thought it might be of intrest to you all. Also sorry if this has been posted before .

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/devon/hi/pe ... 268117.stm

Felix

Do you think those eggs will survive Padfield?

Felix

P.s Went to Dorcherster yeserday absolutly loads of Crocus and Snowdrop shoots coming up! Very small though:)

Wish you all a very merry christmas and a happy new year!!

Felix

P.s Been stuck in my butterfly books lately CAN'T WAIT FOR SPRING!!

Geting cooler about 7°C today .haven't seen a butterfly for a week now and missing summer already and also planning the next spring trip which will be a trip to Powerstock common to find the Dingy skippers

Happy hunting

Felix

Yesterday me, my brother and dad went to Cerne abbas hill in search for the 2nd brood Adonis blues and the Chalkhill blues. I had lots of success with the AB(saw about 30-40 of them and managed to get one on my finger as it drunk the sweat of it :D ) but no success with the CHB and I have know idea ...

I was happy to see the common blue females laying eggs on the Bird's-foot trefoil(in the graveyard)but I only saw 1 male :? and about 13 females, so do the males disappear before the females? Quite a few weeks ago they mowed all the tall grass down in the graveyard giving host to lots of butterfly s...

Great at the New forest heath yesterday I saw 7 Graylings (as you said Pete) + a mating pair plenty of common blues, 1 male Brimstone, 1 Holly blue.

I don't think so but maybe some Silver-studded blues but again I don't think so.

I love the new forest!

Felix

I'm at Hamshire at the moment at my aunties house and we are going to the New forest on sunday, can any of you tell me what butterflies I can see there at the momment? In her garden I saw 5 large whites, 1 Brimstone, 1 Speckled wood, 3 Holly blues(which one of which was laying eggs on her Ivy!). Fel...