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- Wed Jun 20, 2018 10:03 pm
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: Can anyone identify this Skipper?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 659
Re: Can anyone identify this Skipper?
Thank you everyone for your replies. I hadn't appreciated how much the colour and markings of the Dingy Skipper varied so much. I had even wondered if was possibly a migrant Large Chequered Skipper!
- Mon Jun 18, 2018 6:46 pm
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: Can anyone identify this Skipper?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 659
Can anyone identify this Skipper?
I made my second ever visit to Boniface Down on the Isle of Wight last week, in the hopes of seeing Glanville Fritillaries, and again my mission failed. However, this Skipper landed right at my feet. At the time I thought it was probably a Dingy Skipper, but after checking I don't think it is. It do...
Re: May 2015
My first post for a year or so. Apologies! So far this year, in my back garden, I have seen about a dozen Holly Blues and one Small or Green-Veined White. This was in one afternoon. Other members of the family have seen one Peacock and a Brimstone, and also quite a few Holly Blues. I'm working too m...
- Mon Aug 04, 2014 12:37 am
- Forum: Sightings
- Topic: August 2014
- Replies: 82
- Views: 6740
Re: August 2014
Technically this is a July sighting, as I took the photo on July 30th, but I thought you might like to see this photo of a Peacock considering an alternative method of transport to reach the centre of town! Location: Ashlawn Cutting, Rugby. Second photo is a Marbled White from June at the same locat...
- Thu Feb 27, 2014 2:44 am
- Forum: Sightings
- Topic: February 2014
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1644
Re: February 2014
Hi. Introducing Sam the Small Tortoiseshell. Despite 2013 being an amazing year for butterflies I wasn't aware that any had made their way into the house, so imagine my surprise when a couple of weeks ago when Sam began fluttering around the sash window in my office/study where I'm typing right now....
- Sun Dec 29, 2013 2:23 am
- Forum: Sightings
- Topic: December 2013
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1336
Re: December 2013
Another sighting of a male Clouded Yellow at Southbourne today. It was flying very strongly over the undercliff. It landed briefly on bare earth again before continuing the patrol of it's favoured area. As the weather looks settled I am hoping to see this male (or another) on the next sunny Decembe...
- Sun Dec 29, 2013 2:00 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Worst photo of 2013
- Replies: 41
- Views: 1870
Re: Worst photo of 2013
Hmmm, at this resolution the photo doesn't look too crap, actually. Apologies!
- Sun Dec 29, 2013 1:56 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Worst photo of 2013
- Replies: 41
- Views: 1870
Re: Worst photo of 2013
I think I described on here back in August a remarkable day at Ashlawn Cutting in Rugby. I saw a Silver-Washed Fritillary (my first ever) and a White-Letter Hairstreak (again my first ever). Unfortunately the spot where I saw the SWF was so gloomy my DSLR's auto-focus couldn't focus in time before i...
- Sun Sep 08, 2013 5:15 pm
- Forum: Sightings
- Topic: September 2013
- Replies: 106
- Views: 6242
Re: September 2013
If anyone in the Midlands has yet to see many Small Tortoiseshells this year, they could have done a lot worse than visit Tamworth railway station last Sunday. There are numerous buddleia bushes adjacent to Platform 2 and there were dozens fluttering about, even outnumbering the whites by about 4:1....
- Tue Aug 06, 2013 4:01 am
- Forum: Sightings
- Topic: August 2013
- Replies: 234
- Views: 14132
Re: August 2013
The '17' I refer to in the buddleia picture is Peacock butterflies. There's also a White visible somewhere!
- Tue Aug 06, 2013 3:56 am
- Forum: Sightings
- Topic: August 2013
- Replies: 234
- Views: 14132
Re: August 2013
Here in Rugby, Warwickshire, we seem to be having the best year for butterflies since at least 2009. About a week ago I was beginning to wonder if another infestation of Painted Ladies was on the cards after seeing four in one day in my back garden, having not seen one anywhere since 2009. I also sa...
Re: July 2013
After a family gathering for my mum’s birthday, the men’s Wimbledon final was becoming too painful to watch (or so I thought at the time) and so decided to drive out to Ashlawn Bridge and spend an hour or so at Ashlawn Cutting. Summer appears to have finally arrived here in Rugby in the last week, w...
- Wed Apr 17, 2013 1:16 am
- Forum: Sightings
- Topic: April 2013 Sightings
- Replies: 205
- Views: 23450
Re: April Sightings
Went for my second walk of the season along Great Central Walk / Ashlawn Cutting in Rugby on Tuesday (first being an uneventful walk six days earlier) and saw three Peacocks and three Small Tortoiseshells! Woo-hoo! Reason for my excitement being that last year I saw no Small Tortoiseshells ANYWHERE....
- Mon Nov 07, 2011 11:02 pm
- Forum: Sightings
- Topic: November 2011 sightings
- Replies: 86
- Views: 5224
Re: November 2011 sightings
I found a Red Admiral fluttering about by Hillmorton Locks in Rugby on Friday 4th November. That was the first time I have ever seen any species of butterfly in the wild during November of any year! In the Rugby area it has undoubtedly been the year of the RA.
Max.
Max.
- Sun Aug 28, 2011 7:42 pm
- Forum: Sightings
- Topic: August 2011
- Replies: 152
- Views: 13226
Re: August 2011
I've not been out and about much during August, but last Sunday got a pleasant surprise when a Brown Argus landed on the geraniums in my urban back garden. It's always a special moment when I see a species in the garden that I've not seen there before. Unfortunately it flew off before I could get my...
- Sun Aug 07, 2011 10:07 pm
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: ID PLEASE
- Replies: 8
- Views: 520
Re: ID PLEASE
It definitely wasn't Sawfly larvae - they tend to be much smaller and greener in colour. This caterpillar was at least an inch long, maybe longer. But thank you to everyone who has responded so far!
Max.
Max.
- Sun Aug 07, 2011 2:06 am
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: ID PLEASE
- Replies: 8
- Views: 520
Re: ID PLEASE
Hi. Not had much time to visit the site lately - I've been spending much of my free time out photographing butterflies! July 24th was a great day in my back garden - I saw more species in an hour or so than in the whole of 2010. Red Admirals seem to be astonishingly high in number this year! Anyhow,...
- Sat Jul 30, 2011 2:30 am
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: caterpillar id
- Replies: 4
- Views: 195
Re: caterpillar id
I'm not really an expert, but I believe that is the caterpillar of the Cinnabar moth. I've only ever seen it on ragwort, but I don't think that's ragwort in your photo.
- Mon Apr 18, 2011 11:36 pm
- Forum: Sightings
- Topic: April 2011
- Replies: 288
- Views: 12481
Re: April 2011
Despite the amount of cloud in the sky early afternoon I decided to head back to Ashlawn Cutting on yesterday on the off chance of seeing some butterflies. At first I there seemed to be nothing but Orange Tips about. But as I was still seeking a decent photo of one this might be a good thing, I thou...
- Wed Apr 13, 2011 9:20 pm
- Forum: Sightings
- Topic: April 2011
- Replies: 288
- Views: 12481
Re: April 2011
Hi. Here's a few of my photos from Ashlawn Cutting (Great Central Walk) taken during 2011, which I attempted to post yesterday!
Max.
Max.