The new issue of European Butterflies Magazine is now available from me for £8.00, including postage. (This is the least expensive option).
I still have copies of the previous magazine available - so if you would like both, then the price is £14.00, including postage.
The magazine is also available from Pemberley Books, NHBS and through Amazon.
I hope the magazine is establishing itself now.
There are three travel companies that contribute regularly - Naturetrek, Greenwings and Wild Echo - they each have around 10 trips to Europe, so there is plenty of scope for articles for years to come.
Regular contributors have included David Moore, James Gibbs, Nick Morgan, Dave Maertens and Robin Fox. New contributors in the 2020 issue include Andy Adcock, Dab Danahar and Gyorgy Liptovszky.
Conservation activities in Europe by the European Butterfly Group are covered by Mike Prentice.
There is scope for new contributors, so if you would like to contribute, get in touch. No doubt the magazine will change and evolve over the years.
Thanks Jason. Got my copy this morning. An excellent read: some good articles covering a fantastic range of species, alongside some mouth-watering photographs. Really enjoyed it! And of course it has whetted my appetite for further European butterfly travels...
jasonsargerson wrote: ↑Wed Apr 15, 2020 9:37 amI attach two images from the 2019 magazine: Southern Festoon in Corfu by Dan Danahar and Small Desert Blues in Cyprus by Nick Morgan.
Not sure how to react to those, Jason - thanks for increasing the heart rate but also there's a sense of bereavement at what we are NOT going to see in 2020.
I have had a few inquiries for copies of the first edition of the magazine.
I gave away quite a lot of copies to the Lincolnshire Butterfly Conservation and Yorkshire Butterfly Conservation branches for them to sell at bargain prices at their sales stands.
So, if you are still looking for a copy please contact them, I am sure they will be able to send you a copy.
One of the many highlights of the first issue of the magazine was the article about butterflies in the mountains in Graubunden in Switzerland by David and Sally Irven. The photographs were superb, especially the Cynthia's Fritillary - see attached.
Now that Butterfly magazine has moved on line, I hope there will be more interest in my magazine: European Butterflies.
To reiterate the aims of the magazine may be useful.
European Butterflies Magazine is an annual publication just about butterflies (not moths or people).
Contributors are butterfly enthusiasts (not paid officers of a charity) and they submit a small profile of themselves when they first contribute.
Europe is considered to range from the Islands of the Atlantic to Turkey and Russia in the east and from the Islands of the Mediterranean to the Arctic.
Contributions are welcome from individuals and organisations.
The magazine is very well illustrated with at least 100 colour photographs of a wide range of species.
Advertising is limited to 10% of the magazine (compared to 30% in Butterfly) - usually 3 pages maximum.
Three issues have been published so far, contributions are now welcome for the 4th issue.
Thanks for the suggestion Pete - I may put my older magazines on line, when I have sold all the hard copies.
I personally much prefer printed magazines or books - I tend to skim through publications on line, such as the EBG newsletter and the recent edition of Butterfly on line.
David Moore has contributed an article about the Spring butterflies in the Eastern Pyrenees for the new issue of European Butterflies.
There are interesting early species such as Violet Copper, Chequered Blue, Marsh Fritillary beckerii, Provencal Fritillary, Spanish Festoon and Western Marbled White.
Attachments
Provencal Fritillary female, 27.05.17, David Moore
I was supposed to be going there last May until Covid stopped play. I just hope by the end of May 2021 I can get out there, although I'm starting to have my doubts given recent developments.
Ervin Szombathelyi (Facebook Hungarian Butterflies) has contributed an article about a trip to Serbia to look for False Comma.
It has been expertly translated by his friend Tamas Hudak.
Several other rare butterflies were encountered as well as the superb False Comma, including Bog Fritillary, Freyer's Fritillary, Balkan Copper and Russian Heath. He was very pleased to see Small Tortoiseshell, now rare in Hungary!