No Gavarnie Blue David?

Wow! Female Peak Whites don't come along very often. I have only once been fortunate enough to get a photograph. Excellent find!

Great result David - very pleased that you had success. Once you have seen one in flight they are unmistakeable aren't they!

Nymphalidae - Fritillaries It spoke volumes that one of the commonest of this group was Marsh Fritillary, which we often do not see in an early or 'normal' season on this trip: Once again, the headline was more what we didn't see, which was the bulk of the montane members of the group, such as Cynt...

Post script I had meant to include a few photographs of Small Coppers in this report, so I am adding these on as a post-script. During my travels in Greece, both on the mainland and on the islands, I have often noticed how much darker the Small Coppers tend to be than those we see in the UK, and yet...

Awaiting with bated breath!

I then managed to photograph mating silver-washed fritillaries with a female valezina and then in the same photograph two pairs mating. Hopefully, things may improve even more now. That's pretty remarkable Ian! I can't imagine there are many photographs taken in the wild with two mating pairs of pa...

John Vergo wrote: ↑Sun Jul 02, 2023 5:31 pm Hi Pete
Thanks for a splendid report Pete, it is always interesting to read your reports, I am at the movment in Northern Italy and the weather here is really up and down.
john

Thanks John - I hope you get some good results in Italy!

Stevieb wrote: ↑Sun Jul 02, 2023 5:05 pm Thoroughly enjoyed this report, as I do all your reports Pete. Brilliant stuff, thanks for sharing it.

Thanks Steve - as always it is a pleasure writing these reports and reliving the highs and lows, thrills and disappointments - glad you enjoyed it!

cecropia117 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 02, 2023 8:21 pm My best efforts from an unforgettable fortnight

And you got the only shot of a Southern Comma all fortnight!

Another huge effort from you, Pete. So disappointing that the weather caused problems as it did for our group not long before you arrived. It really has been an appalling season thus far in much of southern Europe. Still, you found some wonderful stuff, especially kreuperi and penia . Thanks David....

Pete What a trip, so many memories! Here's my Yellow Legged Tortoiseshell picture. I only got the one. To be honest I didn't give it too much attention as I was looking for Clouded Apollo's at the time. Wish I had now. Bob - it was tremendous! I've just finished collating all of the records. We had...

...very jealous about the Kreuper's Small White. It's a bit of a bogey species for me, having been where it should be four times now, in different locations and different years. Every time, the season has been early, late etc. One day! Paul - I had the same experience for years with krueperi ! I se...

Part 3 On the way to our final base we decided to pay a visit to Mount Pangaion, and here for the first time since arriving in Thessaloniki the Sat Nav made a bit of an error. Me and Mrs Nav had been getting on quite well this time. I mean, no budding romance or anything, but certainly we hadn’t fal...

selbypaul wrote: ↑Sat Jul 01, 2023 12:19 pm Despite the poor weather and injuries, I'm loving this write up Pete!

Thanks Paul - I hope you will enjoy part three!

Part 2 Due to the rearrangement of our itinerary and the cancellation of Bulgaria, we had to move to another hotel on Saturday, so we packed up and went for a last breakfast at Hotel One. The weather had taken over our thoughts. This wasn’t Greek weather. I pressed Bob for the latest forecast over b...

This report pens the adventures of a group of four intrepid travellers as they forage for butterflies across a large swathe of remote Macedonia in Northern Greece. The Liverpudlian contingent of Bob Lambert and his wife Veronica met up with the Lincolnshire couplet of myself and my wife, Vicki, in M...

Excellent result Steve! Congratulations. You certainly nailed that one. Great images of the fabulous Pashas!

Stevieb wrote: ↑Mon Jun 19, 2023 2:54 pm Another cracking report with excellent photos. Well done Pete

Thanks Stevie!

One further observation on your oedippus images, Pete, possibly the most surprising, is that you got open wing shots which, as far as I can see, are as rare as hen's teeth. Roger Yes. There is an open winged image on pyrgus.de and Matt Rowlings has a half open image on his site, but other than thos...