June 2020
Re: June 2020
Super fresh Peacock.
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Just imagine the wow! factor if Peacocks were rare. It must rate as one world's most spectacular species.
Jack
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Indeed, Jack. People would be travelling the length of the country if they were as scarce, for instance, as Large Blue.Jack Harrison wrote: ↑Mon Jun 29, 2020 7:38 pmJust imagine the wow! factor if Peacocks were rare. It must rate as one world's most spectacular species.
Never finer than when fresh like in Stevie's image above.
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These two made me happy today. A large tortoiseshell in the garden. Sat open-winged on a cabbage leaf. Of course I didn’t have my camera, ran and got it. It was still there but as I arrived it fled off. Luckily it hung around for this picture on the Verbena bonariensis. Other pic is a Skipper. Any help telling me what kind appreciated!
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That is indeed a Large Skipper.
Cheers,
Dave
Cheers,
Dave
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another skipper... not sure what type
Paxton Pits Cambridgeshire this afternoon
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Paxton Pits Cambridgeshire this afternoon
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Ooops should have been in the July thread,sorry
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It might be in some parts of the Dis-United Kingdomminty wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 01, 2020 7:00 pm
Ooops should have been in the July thread,sorry
Not a hanging offence, Minty!
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Jack
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Tell me about it, Jack!
Thursday 25th June - 2 Purple Emperors seen at Fermyn Woods. One skimmed the track but didn't settle, however the other was grounded several times during the half hour or so that I watched it zooming up and down the ride:
No Purple Hairstreaks seen, which was surprising, but there were quite a few White Admirals along with plenty of other high summer, woodland species:
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Thursday 25th June - 2 Purple Emperors seen at Fermyn Woods. One skimmed the track but didn't settle, however the other was grounded several times during the half hour or so that I watched it zooming up and down the ride:
No Purple Hairstreaks seen, which was surprising, but there were quite a few White Admirals along with plenty of other high summer, woodland species:
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Very nice!
Cheers,
- Pete
Cheers,
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My first positively identified Essex Skippers in Abergavenny on Fri 26th:
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I attach photos of white-letter hairstreaks taken on a Dutch elm-resistant tree in the centre of Newport Isle of Wight. The butterflies were just below eye level and easy to photograph.Padfield wrote: ↑Wed Jun 24, 2020 5:53 pm I've been glimpsing male white-letter hairstreaks in the canopy of our local elms for about 10 days. They always seem to settle out of sight, even though I point and shoot at 60x zoom whenever I see one - never anything in the picture. Then today, one such point and shoot bore fruit:
You can even see the relief of the sex-brand in that picture, confirming it is a male.
The elms are in a meadow in the middle of town (Woodbridge). This can be a highly elusive species, which I am convinced flies far closer to most people than they imagine.
Guy
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Thank you David. Apologies for the belated response. A tough time at work in the last 10 days.
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