Some excellent shots ! I wish I'd gone for them this year now!

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Wurzel

During my family camping trip I managed to see one or two species - a couple of Small Tortoiseshells and Meadow Brown at Downshay Farm Campsite, but no Wall this year, also Large Skipper and Speckled Wood on the "wildlife walk" up to Corfe Castle but the star of the show was Silver Studded...

Visited a small private meadow at Bishopstone not expecting much as the dearth seems to be upon us. Sure enough it started with not one sighting but as I moved further into the meadow and reached a large patch of Ox-Eyed Daisies I noticed a couple of very worn Common Blues along with a tired looking...

Visted a private meadow in Bishopstone nr Salisbury...could the second wave be starting as I saw very fresh looking Male Common Blue and very fresh looking Brown Argus, also a Brimstone and my first Meadow Brown of the year - photos to follow on personal diary

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Wurzel

I'm returning to my "homeland" of Dorset, the Isle of Purbeck in particular, in the next day or two for some family camping and hopefully I'll be able to wangle a trip to Arne - any ideas if the Silver Studded Blues have emerged there? There have been reports from other sites of SSB's and ...

Although I grew up on the Dorset heathlands I am hoping to officially find and photograph Silver Studded Blue for the first time this year. My dilemma is what do I label any photographs that I might get from Portland? Adrian Riley (2007) seems to suggest that it is "Southern SSB" and is su...

Ace shots as per usual !

And as usual I'm about 3 weeks behind - I've only just photographed Glanville! Still nice to know that Powerstock still has Wood White - perhaps I'll make a trip there hmmmm

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Wurzel

Last year I used Blurb to put my first years worth of photos into a book which I finished with... "The target species are Purple Emperor, White Letter Haistreak, Silver Studded Blue, Glanville Fritillary, Marsh Fritillary, Lulworth Skipper and Duke of Burgundy...oh and Orange-tip!" So havi...

With regards to Springwatch I am in a quandry this year whether to bother with it...my advice and opinions to improve it would be: 1.) Bin Kate Humble . Am I the only person in the country that finds her intensly annoying? She does nothing but ask questions and then interupt the person answering the...

Cheers Guy- it's certainly a snazzy sounding name
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Wurzel

I took the family to Stourhead again today and it was very quiet butterfly wise. There was a dragonfly on the path - I don't know whether it was on it's last legs but I couldn't leave it where it was so I moved it to a large leaf at the edge of the path. As it clung to my finger I took a few photos ...

I had a morning off at Martin Down. So I started at the Sillens Lane end and wandered up the hill. There were Small Blue everywhere - at one point there were 8 individuals flying round a dog turd! I managed to get lots of shots and that started me on the old problem of sexing them. Some had obvious ...

I visited Martin Down this morning and saw a few "deformed" Adonis Blue as well - I took photos of one of them but the rest were very flightly, I also found a very deformed Grizzled Skipper that wasn't able to fly but was hopping around like a grasshopper, so that appears that it isn't jus...

Ace to see you got to Bentley Wood and another brill photo Did you see any Dukes there or have they all perished now? Bentley is great later in the year too - with White Admiral, Silver Washed Frit etc. Might see you there in July!

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Wurzel

Those are some strange looking litle critters! If these aberrations are caused by temperatures (a bit like the colour changes in Silver Spotted Skipper) then I'll keep my eyes open at other sites because they too could well have similar aberrations. If it was caused by temp then is it because of the...

As I have a degree in Zoology and I self published a book on butterflies last year am I allowed to continue taking photographs of butterflies? Just wondering?

I think Susie had the policy in a nut shell, especially the sharing aspect...

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Wurzel

Cheers Shirley! It was good to cach up with the Duke at Bentley Wood as it will save me a fortune on petrol (very good for the environment too!) :D . Unfortunetly I didn't take my daughters as I was worried about them getting bored and then haring around in the underground trampling who knows what -...

After all the recent long weekends where did this one go? I barely got started and now it's back to work for a week :( Still decided to risk having a look for the blessed Duke over at Bentley Wood. Got there nice and early to try and find some Small Pearls for underwing shots and I realised that I w...

Took the girls out this afternoon - not to Bentley Wood as planned as the weather was a bit hit and miss. Instead I took them to the Old Sarum end of the Avon Valley LNR. Didn't expect much to be about and there wasn't really - a male Orange-tip, a single Brimstone and a Speckled Wood on the way to ...

I've noticed that some people have got larger photos uploaded to their personal diaries or the monthly sightings page. I asked Zonda how he got them, and so have downloaded Picasa for dumping my photos in but that only allows me to upload them to the picasa web album. Then I get lost and don't know ...