Great to see the Painted Lady influx has made it to your neck of the woods Neil - hopefully there will be many more to come

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Funnily enough Fovant Badges is the spot I've visited for my Wiltshire Dukes Maximus :D Did you have any luck in the 'Bowl' on your right as you climb over the stile? I await the report all the more eagerly now. Going back a bit - :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: I bet you can guess what they're for! :...

Good work with the open wing Greenstreak Ernie Is the mark on the fore wing the sex brand do you think or am I seeing things again?

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A lovely set of evening butterflies Katrina When I went to Bentley Wood for Pearls they all disappeared off to bed at around 5:30 so perhaps at Abbot's Wood they like an early night

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A wow for the Osiris Blue - that colour I reckon that you shouldn't have a problem with Wrynecks anymore after the your last sighting Guy, I reckon the karma will break the jinx

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Brilliant to see you were visited by a Painted Lady Rob There's been a bit of an influx over the last couple of days - I just hope that they don't get on the blower and tell the rest of them not to bother coming over as the weather is so rubbish

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Brilliant Small Blues Dilettante The way that you've caught the scales on the wings is sublime

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Cheers Neil It was nice to 'tick' off my bogey species nice and early in their flight, and even better as it was a mid-week trip which for me is rarer than the poo of a rocking horse

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Twas a great day indeed Dave, that Wall was pleasantly un-Wall like in terms of his behaviour :D And that Grizzlie was a brilliant way to finish :D I followed it up with a trip to Fovant and Martin Down - but still couldn't add a Marshie. At current rates there should be a few this weekend (I'm goin...

May not be the shot you wanted Katrina but they're still cracking

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So was this a case of Pathetic Fallacy (or the whatever the bird equivalent is)? Hope your neck is better now. Great stuff with shots 8) and not the usual view of a Wryneck - it's often that 'slightly lighter tone showing up amongst the branches of that bush' - at least that was what my first one wa...

A stolen afternoon…18-04-2024 I woke up at the usual weekday time and then half way through my breakfast I remembered that I had the joy of a Hospital appointment. Once that was dealt with I took a quick walk over to Waitrose to pick up something for lunch as all my other victuals were stashed at w...

Cheers Bugboy :D I know what you mean about that Comma, I had to check the calendar on my phone in case I'd entered a temporal loop, I also called out 'Doc Brown?' a few times :wink: :lol: The Orange-tips have been good this year, I think the cooler and cloudier weather has been advantageous :D Have...

Yay Pearls :wink: :lol: Great set of shots and defo worth waiting for 8) :mrgreen: -I'm hoping to get me some of those tomorrow evening - I darn't look at the weather forecast :? Lovely set of Wood Whites which I might miss out this year :( and I reckon the male Brimstone is trying to earn her affec...

I reckon that Greenstreak could be a shoe-in for the Favourites Thread Bugboy if not then its more than welcome in my 'I wish I'd seen/photographed' collection

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Cracking set of shots Trevor, it's been a while since I've seen mating Pearls so Also one of them looks good for an ab what with they thick, dark markings

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Welcome back Dilettante Great way to make a come back too - with cracking Grizzlies and Dukes

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Cheers Trevor :D Sometimes you follow them this way and that for hours and other times they just plop down in front of you, probably just for a breather after exhausting themselves giving us the run around :wink: Drew a blank at the Hill but judging by other reports from nearby the diva is doing the...

You're holding out on those Pearls Dave Sterling work with the mating Holly Blues - I've not seen this in spring, just a couple of times in the summer brood when they're a lot less prudish Keeping an eye on Cotley still

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Great under-wing shots Trevor In the warm weather they're hard to photograph the topsides of let alone the stunning undersides Drew a blank at the Hill but they've started to emerge from Battlesbury so won't be long now...

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