Go use a net & don't be bullied by anyone who thinks you are on a mass murder campaign! We were very successful in Cornwall since the early 1990's in separating Pearl-Bordered Frits from Small Pearl-Bordered Frits & most of us use nets for this in our branch of Butterfly Conservation Cornwal...

21 members of Cornwall Butterfly Conservation (Cornwall Branch of BC.); thanks to all those people; attended an organised meeting at Carkeet Farm on Bodmin Moor today 5th June 2010 & in hazy sunshine saw the following... 70+ Marsh Fritillaries seen altogether across 3 fields!! :!: :!: (WHO SAID ...

Hi all, Visited Cookworthy Moor Plantation Forest near Halwill Junction, Devon today & saw 16+ Wood Whites (all fresh!), 1 x Grizzled Skipper, 10+ Common Blues, 1x Small Copper, 10+ G.V.Whites, 8+ Speckled Woods, 1x Green Hairstreak. Windy but sunny all day & a little bit fed up with wall to...

Hi all My Wife & our 2 x young children today visited the edge of Penhale Sands, Perranporth, North Cornwall & saw the following mostly under cloudy skies or light sea fog! Mostly cloudy but saw 1 x Silver Studded Blue (a pristine & absolutely perfect male & 1st of season!), 2 x Ding...

My wife and I drove up to the Scottish Highlands last Wednesday, in the hope of finding Chequered Skippers :? We had booked the trip a couple of months ago and had been very worried that the cool spring weather would have held the butterfly back by a few days and we might arrive a day or two too ea...

Hi all, We had a 'boiling' afternoon field trip for Cornwall Butterfly Conservation at Tuckingmill, nr St Breward on Bodmin Moor, mid Cornwall today 22nd May from 1:00pm onwards & saw 30+ Pearl-Bordered Fritillaries of which ALL BUT 1 were perfectly fresh! I assume therefore that on the 3 Bodmin...

Brlliant & very artistic photos Pete! What a wonderful & dainty species the Wood White is!
Lee Slaughter.

I still remember when Jeremy Thomas gave an illustrated talk at Truro Museum, Cornwall on 9th June 1993 on the Large Blue butterfly when our Cornwall branch of Butterfly Conservation was launched after Jeremy leading us all round Greenscoombe Woods in East Cornwall amongst 100+ Heath Fritillaries ea...

Mine NOT arrived! Lucky those who have received it already! Hopefully tomorrow (Thursday) will bring my package? Any more early reviews yet? I still think the 1991 1st version is brilliant for its time. Virtually a modern day Frohawk 'The Natural History of British Butterflies' which was published i...

Not long to go now! Thomas & Lewington's 'The Butterflies of Britain & Ireland (2nd Edition)' is supposed to be out on 30th April, 2010 in just 4 days time. Perhaps whoever gets their copy first could post their findings on this thread?
Cheers,
Lee.

Agreed, a bargain at £22.00 and only £1.00 P & P per copy as well as signed by Jeremy & Richard too!! I've already ordered 2 x copies; 1 for field use and 1 to keep with my best books on the bookshelf. This edition together with the 1st edition are the modern Frohawk calibre books! Frohawk d...

The Glanville Fritillary is found at Compton Bay on south coast of Isle of Wight which is owned by The National Trust so Its not that species! Its not Large Blue either! (Collard Hill). I think that the Heath Fritillary is found on National Trust land on Exmoor so that species is discounted! I'll pl...

Thank you very much Dave. New Zealand Red Admiral! Obviously a release. I will relay that name/positive I/D to those concerned. I'm very grateful for your help again.
Lee Slaughter.

[img]red-admiral.jpg[/img][img]red-admiral.jpg[file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Lee/My%20Documents/red-admiral.jpg/img] Can anyone ID this butterfly that looks like a Red Admiral please? It looks like an incredible aberration to me! Photo taken this week at Gwithian in West Cornwall by a studen...

I've just seen a slightly damaged hardback copy of this same volume on Abebooks from Pemberly books for £167!! It's nice to have the whole set so far issued in Hardback. :shock: :shock: Well the copy you found for me was a cracker - better condition actually than you described! Trust Lee Slaughter ...

Re-Moths & Butterflies of GB & I, vol3 h'back........Glad you liked the book Felix. I've just seen a slightly damaged hardback copy of this same volume on Abebooks from Pemberly books for £167!! It's nice to have the whole set so far issued in Hardback. Anyone looking for any hard to get hol...

Hi Felix, I don't know if you still need this book - Book Wanted...! Message: Hi all, I know it's not a New Nat, but I am after a copy of The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Volume 3: Ypononeutidae to Elachistidae, hard back and preferably as new condition. If anyone can help plea...