Trevor

[Neil Freeman]

Wishing you a Merry Christmas too Trevor and here's to hoping for a better 2021.

Cheers,

Neil.

[Wurzel]

Have a cracking Christmas Trevor and may 2021 be excellent to you

Have a goodun and stay safe

Wurzel

[trevor]

For a change my look back on 2020 consists of lucky encounters that have resulted
in images which, for me, ' hit the spot '. Out of all the mediocre shots taken there
were a few this year that were just a bit special to me.

Starting with Spring.

Wishing all on UKB all the very best, and a prompt vaccination, for 2021!.
Trevor.

[Goldie M]

HAPPY NEW YEAR, to you Trevor, we missed out on lots of Butterflies last year ( doesn't last year sound good ) lets hope this one is better Goldie

[Wurzel]

Happy New Year Trevor I can't wait to be seeing similar sights to those featured in your cracking last set of shots

Have a goood and stay safe

Wurzel

[David M]

Wishing all on UKB all the very best, and a prompt vaccination, for 2021!

Can't really improve on that, Trevor. The only short to medium term way out of this is to get the vaccine. Those that refuse are only prolonging the misery for others as well as themselves.

Nice to know your snowdrops are out and the first daffs are blooming. These last few days have seen frost even in my neck of the woods so nothing much is likely to change until the mild weather returns. That said, a blast of cold at this time of year is rarely bad for nature and it's a while since we've experienced it so I'm not too perturbed by it all.

All the best for 2021.

[trevor]

Thanks Goldie, Wurzel & David. Hope everyone on here is well!.

Continuing my favourite shots and encounters from 2020.

SUMMER.

[trevor]

Whereas the Autumn of 2019 was a washout, when the weather put paid to any late sightings,
the Autumn of 2020 was one of the best I've known, with plentiful Long Tailed Blues and Clouded Yellows.
Even into October fresh Wall Browns and Common Blues were seen, mostly females.

So here are the best encounters of AUTUMN 2020.

[Wurzel]

Fantastic set of images Trevor Really stuck choosing a"favourite" but I'd probably go for that Cloudy - so fresh I don't reckon the paint was dry

Have a goodun and stay safe

Wurzel

[bugboy]

Some beautifully evocative images there Trevor, we might just be able to count the weeks on our fingers before things start off again

[Benjamin]

Some superb shots this year Trevor, on your PD and on Facebook. I missed many species for one reason or another so really good to see the efforts of others. No doubt cross paths for some spring species soon!

[David M]

What a super, colourful and eclectic range of butterflies in those last couple of posts, Trevor.

The first SPBF is a beautiful specimen, but that rich, buttery hue of the Clouded Yellow, with the black upf margins just showing has to be the pick for me. No wonder it's your favourite of the year.

[Goldie M]

Love your shot of the Long Tailed Blue Trevor and the cloudy shot , roll on Spring Goldie

[trevor]

Many thanks everyone. Hope the images brightened things up in these awful times.

Anyway..............

A sign of Spring this afternoon. One of my special Snowdrops, G. Elwesii 'Comet'.
Said to have the largest flowers of any Snowdrop. I've had mine for years,
but nurseries are charging £20 per bulb for 'Comet' this season!.

Keep safe and well all, there's light at the end of the tunnel.
Trevor.

[Wurzel]

Beautiful shot Trevor There was a brilliant program on Radio Four last week about a nurseryman that specialized in Snow Drops - some of the bulbs went for thousands of pounds and there's even a black market with gangs trespassing and digging them up by the ton

Have a goodun and stay safe

Wurzel

[David M]

....A sign of Spring this afternoon. One of my special Snowdrops, G. Elwesii 'Comet'.
Said to have the largest flowers of any Snowdrop.

Nice to see, Trevor, and a positive sign that spring isn't far away. I've seen a handful myself, but none quite so attractive as those.

That said, the daffs are only a week or so away from flowering round my way, so there may well be further colour in the landscape very shortly.

[millerd]

Just catching up with your "shots of the year" selection, Trevor. There are some crackers there, but that female Common Blue stands out for me (though managing both sexes of Wall in one shot comes a close second!). Not only is it a very blue example, but the actual shade is a beautiful deep almost turquoise one.

(I'm also thoroughly envious of the November Holly Blue... )

Cheers,

Dave

[Neil Freeman]

Some fantastic shots of the year there Trevor
It's posts like those that make me wish I lived closer to the south coast, especially when a good number of those photos were taken well after I had seen my last butterfly here.

Cheers,

Neil.

[Goldie M]

Hi! Trevor, lovely shots of your Snow Drops, my Snow Drops are showing has well, I've not a clue what they're called, I didn't realise there was so many different varieties, their covered in Snow at present but it never seems to deter them Goldie

[trevor]

Many thanks everyone. Time to indulge in a little nostalgia.
And better times from the past, and I am sure better times ahead.

A few days with His Majesty from 2016.