Dear Woodnymph.........I am delighted for you after your long journey. Yes...very sad at the attack from all directions on the butterfly! This will probably mean that I won't ever have a reason to visit the site again. Why on earth do the National Trust pick now to want to get rid of the Everlastin...

Thanks for the good wishes massages folks! Wouldn't have seen this species if this was not on this forum originally! It is very trying up there when it is windy as they don't like the wind & remain grounded. I'm sure there will be more seen if the weather allows! Best of luck to anyone visiting...

Hi all, Well.....What a weekend!! Left home in Cornwall at 7:00am on Saturday morning with Robert aged 10, Michael aged 8 & Lisa my wife for the 330 mile drive to Kingsdown Leas in east Kent in the hope of seeing a Long-tailed Blue. Upon entering Devon on the A30 dual carrageway the rain starte...

I would be interested to know if anyone sees any Long Tailed Blues over the weekend at Kingsdown. I would love to come down and see them. Brian Laney, Northamptonshire. Hi Brian, Good luck, we are just about to leave Cornwall for the trek! Hopefully we will succeed & get at least 1 sighting; a ...

I hope there are some Long-tailed Blues left for my family to see on Saturday and Sunday as we have to undertake a 700 mile round trip from Cornwall & have just paid £88.50 for a Family Room at a Premier Travel Inn for Saturday night to see this species on British soil! Netting this species jus...

Are any of the Sussex sites as good as Kent for ltb? I would love to share this amazing experience but don't have too much time so the shorter the journey the longer I can spend looking for/at the wee beasties. Errrr.......Susie...You might have a bit of a wait if you miss this chance this year as ...

Some great shots of the LTBs from everyone visiting the area. The little furry fellow has one white paw and one brown on its front legs, an ab maybe. It also appears to have a couple of large ticks on its head. I'm hoping to visit the area for the LTBs on Saturday as the weather forecast is for a l...

Hi Neil, Nice speaking with you when you visited Cornwall recently.........I am grateful that you have given other folk an opportunity to see the Long-tailed Blues at Kingsdown Leas. On the strength of our telephone conversation and this posting I am considering undertaking the 350 odd mile journey...

Hi Neil, Nice speaking with you when you visited Cornwall recently.........I am grateful that you have given other folk an opportunity to see the Long-tailed Blues at kingsdown Leas. On the strength of our telephone conversation and this posting I am considering undertaking the 350 odd mile journey...

I had a couple of very interesting sightings a few weeks back at Perran/Penhale Dunes, Cornwall. The first came on the 7/713 close to caravan where there is a smallish colony of Silver Studded Blues. The second came from the main colony of Silver Studded Blues within the dunes about fifteen minutes...

ab - " wimani " ?? :?: :?: :?: :?: :?: I believe that Rupert Barrington recorded an example of this very rare & beautiful aberration on a small islet/island off the west coast of Ireland a few years ago? Certainly a brilliant & very beautiful find and photograph. Cheers.....Lee Sl...

1 x fresh Painted Lady at 11.00am 1st November in a short sunny spell next to the South Devon Steam Railway just North of Totnes!! Lovely specimen even though temp only 7 degrees Centigrade!! Maybe locally bred as it was not flying strongly but it flew up as the steam train went past as it was baski...

According to a couple of Stamp Collecting websites I understand that The Royal Mail are issuing a set of postage stamps depicting British Butterflies on 11th July, 2013. I know of no other details at all. Does anyone else know any more? This will be the 1st stamps set of British Butterflies since a...

Well done Sami & Seth..........I have sent details of your walk to the ELG (Entomological Livestock Group) in the hope of getting a few more donations towards your fundraising. They have 600 odd members who all get a fortnightly newsletter & I hope that the editor has space to include detai...

In my study at home I still have an enlarged print from a slide I took at Hickling Broad in 1994 of ' Britannicus ' Swallowtail & comparing it to the photographs on the Cambridgeshire & Essex BC website I would 99% almost certain state that the Essex butterflies are the continental ' Gorgan...