Saw my earliest ever Small Skipper (male) today 15th June, 2023) at 12:30pm at Bodmin Hill, Lostwithiel in a garden with long grass. I have checked Butterfly Conservation's 'First Sighting' section on their website for 2023 & there hasn't been a Small Skipper recorded yet this year!! Cornwall t...

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Female Mountain Ringlet I photographed at Irton Fell, Cumbria, The Lake District on 17th June, 2021 at approx 3:30pm. We drove up from Cornwall from 3:00am & hit the Lakes at 9:00am but Irton Fell was the last stop of the day after Latterbarrow & then Meathop Moss. Wonderful trip and we str...

My 1st Heath Fritillaries of 2021 (29th May, 2021) in East Cornwall at their only known location that they still exist in our county. Saw about 40+ Heath Fritillary butterflies all in pristine condition together with Russ Hemmings, Phil Harris, Robert & Michael Slaughter & Richard Vulliamy. ...

Unfortunately, ALL field-trips & moth evenings are cancelled until further notice due to the Covid 19 (Coronavirus) situation! We will post on here any further updates this year if the situation allows/permits. We are very sorry but everyone's health & well-being is of paramount importance ...

As ever, Lee, it all sounds mouth-watering. There are times when I wish I were a Cornwall resident! :) Hi David, Please feel free to take a day out or a weekend to come to one of our free events. They are always excellent subject to the weather of course! Thanks for your kind words. Lee Slaughter (...

If you visit Cornwall in 2020 then please feel free to attend one or more of our butterfly & moth events all FREE of charge. All welcome. Our fieldtrip/moth night list (shown above) is the largest, most comprehensive selection of Lepidoptera events in Devon or Cornwall arranged by any organisat...

Anyone is welcome on our 'Cornwall Butterfly & Moth Society' fieldtrips!

Unfortunately, ALL field-trips & moth evenings are cancelled until further notice due to the Covid 19 (Coronavirus) situation! We will post on here any further updates this year if the situation allows/permits. We are very sorry but everyone's health & well-being is of paramount importance ...

Thank you Lee, a cracking picture! Hiding in those brambles again (brambles were also thought to be a favoured hibernating place). Another theory I had, was that female Brimstones just mated once and male interest after that (usually seen in May), might have been males still looking for a virgin fe...

Hi there, I was very fortunate enough to witness and then photograph a pairing (see photo I took below) after their courtship flight on 25th February, 2019 at approx 1:20pm in bright sunshine on an unseasonably warm late winter afternoon at Pontsmill, near Par, South/Mid Cornwall. The Brimstones at...

My postman has just knocked at our door to hand me my copy of the book. What a fantastic publication! Looks like I could spend years looking information up from this book. Photographs 1st class! Well done indeed Pete.

All the best........Lee Slaughter (Par, Cornwall).

Anyone is welcome on our 'Cornwall Butterfly & Moth Society' fieldtrips!

Over the winter months I spent a fair amount of time on "Googleearth " trying to locate any new areas nearby which could hold Grizzled Skippers,and have visited a few ,but unfortunately the weather (in my part of Kent ) has not been conducive to Grizzled Skipper watching ! they're quite l...

Allan.W. wrote:What a great find Lee !! as you say probably a once in a lifetime . I came close a year or two back with a pair of heavily marked intermedias . Regards Allan.W.
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Brilliant Allan!! Where did you take your photo??
Cheers,

Lee.

I took these photos of the rare aberration ab: 'taras' in both male & female while they were mating at the annual fieldtrip on 5th May, 2019 led by Paul Browning & the once in a lifetime chance to witness a mating pair of Grizzled Skippers ab: 'taras' both extreme & both having their wi...

I took these photos of the rare aberration ab: 'taras' in both male & female while they were mating at the annual fieldtrip on 5th May, 2019 led by Paul Browning & the once in a lifetime chance to witness a mating pair of Grizzled Skippers ab: 'taras' both extreme & both having their wi...