Cheers Goldie :D They show such variation that it is almost impossible to get bored or blase when photographing them :D Cheers Dave :D I did wonder if someone had bought some cats of a similar species/sub-species on the 'tin-ternet' and abandoned them and that was one of the survivors? :wink: Compto...

Cracking set of Heaths Dave :D :mrgreen: "gently waft around the brambles and the woodland floor."that is a lovely turn of phrase, sums it up brilliantly from what I can remember I've not seen them for a few years now so I think next year I might need to dig out the OS map and set off into...

I would go for Small for that one as the sex brand is thick and crooked. Also if you look at the ends of the antennae would can see some orange, a bit like indicators on a car

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Cheers Dave :D "I think my benchmark for the species is still that day we had with them a few years back at Wrecclesham. :D :D " Was that the day we were visited by 'Fenton!' :wink: :lol: Definitely worth a trip as there are a couple of other great sites very near by :wink: Cheers Neil :D ...

It was a good job OfSTED kept me busy for the last couple of weeks Trevor, it's given me time to replenish my stocks of :mrgreen:I'm sure you know what this is for so here we go :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :lol: And here's a spare one for...

"They were also very active in the sunshine and their favoured parts of the site are not conducive to easy movement if you try following them." I hear that indeed, I think my ankles still haven't recovered from the near constant twisting and jarring :shock: :roll: Still despite it all you ...

What sorcery is this? A Marbled White sitting still long enough for photos! Needless to say the few that I've seen this year have been going hell for leather Cracking DGFs as well

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Sterling work with the Skippers Goldie 8) I'd go with Essex and say that is an Essex Skipper, as the Essex has a small, straight 'sex brand' on the fore wing, well on the male Essex at any rate. If it's thick and crooked it's not an Essex. I've just realised that a couple more uses of the word Essex...

Cracking Blackstreaks from earlier Bugboy and the Heaths are magnificent - so variable and seeing them in such numbers must have been awesome

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Really interesting to see the vary dark Marshies Guy and the Large Blue Is the darker ground colour the main diagnostic tool for separating this into E.merope?

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Cheers Goldie :D I'd be up for a swap like that :wink: :lol: Compton Down 25-05-2024 With the way the weather was going when a good day struck you had to make the most of it. Luckily constant surveillance of several weather Apps looked like paying off as the weather didn’t look too shabby, which was...

Great to see the 'epic' day at Bookham et al Dave - White Admirals and Sivler-studs make an attractive combination 8) :mrgreen: Also good to see you got to Collard 8) I'm just hoping that you saw more Small Pearls than the four I found :? Mind you I went when they'd only bee out a few days :) Have a...

More great Heath shots Goldie 8) :mrgreen: "knocking it about" you could be onto something there, especially if another male had already landed there and left some pheromones behind (if they do that) :) :D Good work with teh Marbled White as well 8) I saw my first one today but would it st...

Lovely set of White Admiral and Wood Whites Neil I love the underside of the White Admiral - it's a stunning contrast to the pretty two-tone uppers I did notice that the Emperor wood you've visited in the past had been 'producing'

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Cheers Dave :D I like the sound of The Duchess of Sidbury and given the reputation of the species as sex maniacs I reckon they'd fit right in on 'Bridgerton' :wink: Cheers Bugboy :D I was happy to enjoy her but it's all the better for having the correct 'name' 8) Thanks for the ID :D Sidbury Hill 20...

"Both seem to fly in relatively unfavourable weather"...and in the case of Meadow Browns open up and show off their uppers I think I could spend the entire summer just looking at Meadow Browns as I love their subtle variations

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That is a mighty fine H.Comma Trevor What a cracker! I see that His Nibbs is out at Knepp

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"Indeed Wurzel, but when you come across an eye catching Marshie ab the day before, it all becomes relative!"...you might have been suffering from a condition called 'Abblindness' :wink: Nice to see the photos from your lunch time wanderings - sounds like your lunch breaks are similar to m...

" there should be hundreds of Ringlets and Meadow Browns here now."I'm finding the same thing as you Neil - I was at Garston this morning and it should have been wall to wall Browns - but I saw only I Small Heath, 2 Ringlets and about 12 Meadow Browns :? :( Still your Marbled Whites cheere...

Great to see all the shots of the Heaths Goldie I'm with Trevor - I wish they were closer to home There are some populations in Somerset but I need to investigate whereabouts exactly Now they're out fill your boots - I would

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