Fantastic shots as per usual! I'm hoping to try the Gorse for the first time in the next few days so here's hoping the White Letters still look as respectable as yours does
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Having thought that I might have been able to blag an afternoon free I was quite surpised when I was actually able to - it seems that the White Letter Hairstreak has been accepted as a happy accident :D So girls deposited in the garden and my wifes purchases perused, weather checked and found to be ...

I spent 3 hours with my wife and daughters in A&E on Saturday night as I discovered a Tick on my wife. The nurse that removed it said that there is nothing that works and the only thing to do is keep checking and tuck your trousers into your ankles... but I'm not taking this piece of advice as I...

As my wife wanted to have a break at the weekend I agreed to look after the girls for the morning. So I loaded them and a picnic lunch into the car and set off to Martin Down. There were one or two Small Blues along the path up to Hanham Hill but we got there too early in the morning for Silver Spot...

Some great shots of Wood White - I am disgustingly jealous as this is a species I just can't seem to get round to seeing - so jealous in fact I don't even want to use the appropriate smilee!

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Cheers for that Dave and Guy!
My gut was agreeing with you but I've been burnt on some id's before so it's always a good idea to check

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During our holiday to Gloucester we decided to head to the local National Trust site, Woodchester, as a way to tear ourselves away from the campsite. It started off with a wander down a beech covered lane, and then it got steeper and some Dutch people coming up warned us that it was a long way...but...

I found this battered looking female blue at Martin Down on Sunday morning and at first I thought it was a Common Blue due to the wear on the wings, but the lack of orange lunules on the forewing underside suggested it could be a Chalkhill? Any help would be greatly appreciated... Cheers Wurzel 025 ...

Cheers Bill, on both counts!
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Alright Clive! Great to meet you and Shirley today, some cracking shots there - I hope mine come out nearly as good as that! Might bump into you at Stockbridge next weekend...but if not then continued good luck with the butterflying and thanks again for the Brown Hairstreak!
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I took the family for a camping holiday to Gloucester last week. The camping site (Thistledown Farm) was totally amazing, with mixed woodland and a mixture of flower meadow and hedges...it was so good we spent the first 3 days practically on the campsite - apart from two brief forays to Stroud - one...

Cheers Pete and Neil for the photos and all the info...looks like I've got some taxonomy to do!

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The cute spider almost has the look of a little puupy that has just peed on the carpet...or Puss from Shrek 2, he too then leapt into action!

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I have recently been blooded while on holiday at Thistledown Farm :shock: I took my wifes advice and went to an A and E to get it removed and they had some v shaped twisler stick. I was all for ripping the little bugger out myself but the nurse told me that it was good that I didn't as the mouth par...

Yesterday I made a lunchtime dash out to Godshill to try and bag Grayling, I had 2 hours of "allowed time" and I was actually nervous about trying for it - new species, new site, limited time! So I put my faith in Alan Thornbury - the site guide on his website had a map with an arrow showi...

I've just put a thread up for Gatekeepers so if you could add yours that would be great! I know what you mean about not noticing the variations before - I've spent ages looking through them today despite finding my first ever Grayling this afternoon!
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I think that egg and our faces were indeed in allignment!
I just started another thread purely with all of my variations as nfreem also posted about them today. If you add your own shots to it would could set up our own version of the Cockayne!

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I have recently noticed quite a range in the spotting of both male and female Gatekeepers. Mike Oxen very kindly passed on some information about extra spotting: 1 to 4 spots on upper side forewings = ab. excessa , 3 spots upperside hindwings = ab. posttriexcessa and 4 spots on upperside hindwings =...

Some cracking shots Neil! :D I too have noticed alot of variation in the spotting of Gatekeepers recently - both in the males and females. Mike Oxen got in touch with me on my personal diary with a list of the taxonomic terms for some of these variations so I'll do a post with mine and see if you ca...

Visited Godshill, New Forest for about an hour over lunch. Meadow Brown (6), Small Copper (3 and 1 caeruleopunctata ), Gatekepper (6), Small Heath (3), Green Veined White (2) and my first ever Grayling which was quickly joined by 3 or 4 other individuals (more detail eventually on personal diary) My...