Remember folks..............a minimum donation of £1.00 would be good to all those not yet donated. If you can afford more then that would be great! These "toughies" have still nearly 400 miles to go before reaching John o groats!! Seth has shin splints and Sami has had problems with her ...

Come on all UK Butterflies and Butterfly Conservation members.....If you all donate just £1.00 then Seth & Sami will raise at least £15,000!!! (based on 15,000 BC members & 1000+ UK Butterflies members) It's only a pound!!We donated when we met them on a fieldtrip in Cornwall back in May. T...

What a wonderful photo from an old slide from 1974!! Pretty much as good as anything today & great colour too! Try Glen Loy......I did for 8 successive years and then again in 2008! My report about Glen Loy is on this site somewhere (not forum) posted in May 2010 on main website. Cheers ears......

It was a Broad Bordered Bee Hawkmoth unless I'm very much mistaken but told us it was a Humming-bird Hawkmoth!! Fancy them getting that wrong on national TV!!!!!!!

Many Thanks, to you all for the warm welcome. Who knows maybe our paths have crossed at some time especially if you have visited Penhale sands on your Silver Studded Blue forays :D , and will lee will definitely be interested in some of the workshops/guides etc you have setup for 2012. I live and w...

Hi wlowery.....from a fellow Cornwall forum member! Cornwall IS represented on here.......at least by me anyhow! Please look at our website http://www.cornwall-butterfly-conservation.org.uk/ Here you will find lots to entertain you & plenty of fieldtrips to attend (which I organise) to see many...

Visited Par Beach this afternoon in lovely sunshine & blue skies (12oC) 1:00pm - 3:05pm & saw...... 1 Small Copper (very fresh)!!!! Could this be the latest Small Copper sighting this year in Britain? It was certainly full of beans with plenty of energy & flying over several parked cars...

Visited Par Beach dunes, South Cornwall this afternoon in lovely sunshine & blue skies 1:00pm - 3:05pm (temp 12oC) & saw......6 Red Admirals, 2 Silver Y moths and suprisingly, 1 Small Copper (very fresh)!!!! Could this be the latest Small Copper sighting this year in Britain? Cornwall is go...

Very surprised to see a single small copper during a lengthy walk in the Trent valley on Sunday. In the margins of an agricultural field between the Nottinghamshire villages of Fiskerton and Morton. In decent condition too. I often used to see Small Coppers up until around the 20th October in South...

Small Coppers still going strong here in Par in Cornwall. I recorded with my little son, Robert, 5 fresh adult Small Coppers on Saturday 15th October, 2011 in sand dunes - Lee Slaughter.

I don't discount an element of luck but our success rate has been due to Phils diligent research and our Perseverance. I wonder how many people would have looked out of their hotel window and thought, not worth looking. We had about dozen parked up on their Bluebells, Photos taken 7th June btw Rosa...

Good old Glen Loy!!!! Been there many times & slept in my car many times during the 80's & 90's whilst locating & studying them. Must say that your fortunate to find them in the rain as they usually are very difficult to find unless the sun is out. Well done indeed & hope you gained...

Hi I'm planning a trip to Mull next year. I wanted to go in the first week of May to be able to photograph Corncrake before they all disappear into the grass. I was hoping to combine the trip with seeing Chequered Skipper at either Glasdrum or Glen Loy. Will I be too early for them defo being out? ...

What a great story! Well done to that breeder! Let's hope the Glanville Fritillary colony continues to thrive & prosper. If it has been in existance for 9 years then it should continue to thrive as long as the habitat continues to be suitable ie: continuous slippage or similar to help regenerat...

Visited Bunny's Hill near Bodmin in mid-Cornwall today at 3:30pm for 1 hour with my wife Lisa, Robert & Michael Slaughter and amongst mainly cloudy conditions but with hazy sunny spells saw 4 x different Pearl-Bordered Fritillaries. 1 was on the lower slope (fresh male) and 2 more males and a f...

Saw my first Speckled Wood of 2011 in my back garden at Par in Cornwall today at 9.40am.
Cheers all,
Lee (Cornwall).