Hi, was it Durlston you were at, and were there plenty of Lulworth's out? I'm planning a trip down to see this butterfly this year. Thanks. [/quote] I visited Lulworth itself, parked in the village and walked up Bindon Hill and along and down to the Cove and there were very good numbers of Lulworths...

Cheers Goldie :D I don't think I'll be able to make it to East Blean this year so take some photos for me if you go :wink: :D Cheers Trevor :D The trick was to find them becalmed and sodden :roll: :lol: There are some more Small Blues to come in a later post that I think you might like :wink: Cheers...

"Wurzel recently posted shots of a similar butterfly (though that was an individual far more extreme than this one)"...I reckon this one is still worth :mrgreen: :mrgreen: 8) As others have said very striking and it could almost be a different race/species :D Variation is such a great thin...

"No eye-catching ab’s today" I reckon that female Common Blue, whilst not an 'ab' is still pretty eye-catching Bugboy -a lovely slaty blue

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Cracking shot of the Four-spot Trevor Also great selection of Silver-studs The first female shot seems to have a line of 'male' blue through the hind wing - could this be ever so slightly gynandromorph?

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No worries Goldie Good to see you're back out there, love the second Meadow Brown, nice sheen on that one

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Cheers for the Meadow Brown tips - I'll give it a go, of course now that I've planned to we'll get either a blanket of cloud or wall to wall sunshine Cracking Clearwings and that is one very spotty Meadow Brown

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An eclectic collection there Guy I found myself drawn to the Geranium Argus in particular as it seems to have a different look about it almost bluey-brown

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Cheers Katrina :D Even after the worst days you seldom head home without something on the memory card 8) Cheers Maximus :D Martin Down hasn't been on top form this year :? I'm just hoping that the late summer offering picks up, fingers crossed :) Cheers Dave :D That's the thing with this year, you h...

Fantastic shots Dave It seems an early start pays off with this species, not as gentlemanly as it's Brown relation which affords us a nice lie-in, leisurely breakfast and back home in time for a spot of Tiffin

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"Senior moment at work there!" no worries Trevor, I'm still the other side of 50 and have those Nice to see the oily sheen on the fresh Meadow Brown, they often hide that

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That is a cracking Marshie Bugboy What a find!

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A cracking collection of Silver-studs Katrina I didn't know about the 'blue' hour before I tried to have a look at whether your 'murrf' was narrow or broad and I would veer towards Broad as it's the commoner of the two Still great to see

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Love the Skipper on the Orchid - I could do with that one in my collection :mrgreen: Speaking of which you're not paranoid Ernie - over the years there have been a few 'lurkers' on UKB :? it's a shame as people that genuinely want to marvel at the variation miss out but then keeping 'mum' works out ...

Lovely shot of the Meadow Brown Neil 8) - they don't normally open up like that at this time of year; when they're all ragged and torn or course they practically flaunt their topside :roll: :lol: Things have been very slow and everyone I talk to seems to ask the same question "where are all the...

That last Meadow Brown shot is a cracker Dilettante Also the Bee Orchid shot made me chuckle - to my eyes they look like very smiley little gnomes in brown dungarees and green hats and the one bottom left is obviously shy so is hiding his head in his hands

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Took a trip to Lulworth - Skippers all over the place - Dingy, Large, Lulworths and also a Small Skipper. Smattering of Blues (Common, Small, Holly, Adonis, Brown Argus)was made complete on the way home with Silver-studs at Higher Hyde Heath...PD report due around Ocotber :oops: :lol: DSC_0083 - Cop...

Martin Down 19-05-2024 The weather forecast for the Saturday hadn’t been that accurate, instead of the heavy shows and black clouds there was a little covering of grey and even the occasional brighter interlude that had me second guessing about staying in and catching up on Wandavision. This boded ...

I had a similar experience about four days before you Maximus - every shot was hard won :roll: still your perseverance paid off in part 8) I always reckon that the under wing shots are much more interesting than the open ones anyway :wink: :wink: It's a good site, less steep and slippy than Collard ...

Cheers Essex :D The weather hasn't really been playing fair this year has it :? Cheers Maximus :D Even in the early evening they were racing around - there didn't seem to be many about either so fingers crossed they'll hang on here unlike the Small Pearls :? Cheers Trevor :D Fingers crossed Trevor a...