hairstreaks are the best !! But which one is your favourite...? :twisted: well it would have to be the purple hairstreak... they are so tantalisingly difficult to photograph. also the contrast between the plain underside & the fabulously gaudy topside is wonderful. Last august i came within 6 i...

Well i think they are all lovely ( although it is sometimes hard to like the whites :? ) but hairstreaks are the best !! http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z160/captaincatkin/835402301_e14b7cca65_o-1.jpg ( although i had never heard of hairstreaks let alone seen one until i was over 40 !! ) charles

in huntingdonshire so far this year ( up to yesterday ) i have seen:

peacock
comma
small tortoiseshell
brimstone

no red admiral/blues/whites/orange tips yet

charles

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i have changed from Orange Tip to Holly Blue....



charles

waheeey

people power works !!

charles

well done to everyone !!

charles

there are plenty of butterfly activities to do here:

http://www.edhelper.com/butterflies.htm

i liked the silver spotted skipper picture to colour in

charles

erm Guy... did you really glue a Purple Emperor to your bedroom wall ?

charles

no owls or eagles i'm afraid but we do have some lovely black squirrels !!



charles

hey FISHiEE that is a brilliant photo !!

you must put it in to one of the competitions soon

charles

today's Times has a rather longer article on the same subject... this time with colour illustrations of butterflies & a morpho moth

charles

Maybe an enormous & ambitious project will grab the attention of the public... many of whom have attention spans shorter than those of butterflies.

charles

thanks Matsukaze... that looks like it

charles

There is an article in today's Sunday Telegraph (page 18) about David Attenborough's support for Butterfly World , a £25 million project which would be "the world's largest walk-through butterfly enclosure". The illustration shows b/w photos of High Brown Fritillary, Pearl-bordered Fritill...

Does anyone else find dog excrement a problem on certain reserves? Felix in Brampton wood nature reserve the offenders carefully package up the substance in plastic bags then thoughtfully leave the bags on the ground.... needless to say there is a suitable receptacle provided by the entrance charles

Felix wrote:
What sort of hat was the dog wearing?

it would have to be an, ahem, pith helmet

charles

here is a comma disguised as a cufflink... taken last august in Monks' Wood near Huntingdon

charles

last summer i was in the local wood when a large dog started barking at me.... the owner said it was because he ( the dog ) did not like hats.
needless to say i kept my hat on.

charles

i thought you might like to read this:

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/49845

charles