Clive

[Pete Eeles]

I agree with Jack - could you also post this in the species-specific album at gallery/album.php?album_id=432, Clive? I can then add it to the main species pages.

(and that, by the way, applies to anyone who thinks they have a shot worth adding to these pages! Thx all!).

Cheers,

- Pete

[Clive]

Thanks Jack & Pete ... I'm glad you liked the shot I would have missed this if Shirley hadn't seen him ...

Clive

[Clive]

Hi

A lovely day with the Butterflies and Buddlejas at Longstock, very nice to see the Red Admiral, Large & Small White, Comma & Peacock as we really haven't seen many of these this year so far ... Great to see Pete, Gary, Lisa, Roger and everyone else there too ...

Had a peep at Stockbridge Down on the way home, spotted Small Copper & Chalkhill Blue along with loads of small moths ...

Clive

[Cotswold Cockney]

Hi

The Common Blue really was out in force today at Magdalen Hill Down ...

Clive

To my eyes, that is the finest portrait of a Common Blue I can ever remember seeing ~ well done.

[Clive]

Many thanks Cotswold Cockney

Clive

[Clive]

Hi

Failing to find the Silver-spotted Skipper last weekend at Stockbridge Down we returned today and our luck was in ... Shirley, as usual spotted them first ... 17 different species altogether were seen today ...

Clive

[Clive]

Hi

Back to Stockbridge Down again today ... just an incredible amount of Butterflies again ...

Followed by a late afternoon walk around Danebury Hill ...

Clive

[Clive]

Hi

With the black cloulds all around us today we had a wonder along the hedgerows at Shipton Bellinger ...

Good numbers of Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Large & Small Whites ... also some very new Common Blues & Holly Blues ... and the highlight of the day - two Brown Hairstreaks ...

Clive

[Trev Sawyer]

Yet another set of truly lovely shots Clive. The colours are superb!

PS: You have PM.

[Clive]

Thanks for your kind words Trev

Clive

[Clive]

Hi

A visit to Martin Down today and we found 21 different species, 7 within a couple of hundred yards from the central car park ... including Holly Blues along the hedgerow and a very nice Speckled Wood at the first track junction ... further on we found the Adonis Blue looking very good indeed and standing out well from the Common Blues ... both old and new Brown Argus along most off the route ... good to see the Large Whites too, as until a couple of weeks ago we hadn't seen any ...

Clive

[Clive]

Hi

We visited Greenham Common today to look for the Grayling ... Shirley as usual spotted one and we had a fantastic display as she flitted along stopping every few yards to lay an egg or two ...

Clive

[Clive]

Hi

Yet another trip to Stockbridge Down ... just an amazing number of Chalkhill Blues again ... and very pleased to find three Adonis Blues along with them ... nice to bump into Phil & Rosalyn from UK Butterflies ...

Clive

[Clive]

Hi

Shirley & I managed to find five Adonis Blues today at Stockbridge Down, and for a change I spotted most of them first ... only because Shirley was reading! ... as it was cloudy and windy lots of the other blues were found resting on some nice perches...

Clive

[Clive]

Hi

Out again today looking for Brown Hairstreaks at Shipton Bellinger ... very nice to see males, females and an egg laying female ... and a good number of Holly Blues along with the usual suspects ...

Clive

[Clive]

Hi

Not to be put off with the poor weather the Chalkhill Blues put on a fine display today at Magdalen Hill Down ...

Clive

[Clive]

Hi

The Adonis Blues were looking very nice again at Stockbridge Down yesterday, we found about a dozen this time ... and a very large number of Meadow Browns, they may have even out numbered the Chalkhill Blues! ... Holly Blues again in the car park, we've seen a good number of these over the last few weeks ...

Clive

[Clive]

Hi

We started off at Shipton Bellinger today with the hope of finding the Brown Hairstreaks again ... Shirley found one almost straight away! ... a couple of nice new Speckled Woods along with the Holly Blues, Meadow Browns and a good number of rather faded Small Whites ...

Then onto Stockbridge Down and found some good looking Small Coppers and Small Heaths and a single Adonis Blue ... the other Blues were looking very worn now ... except for one pair ...

Clive

[Clive]

Hi

A visit to Noar Hill today ... quite a lot of Common Blues still about, mainly females and looking very worn now, old and new Meadow Browns, Small Heaths, Brown Argus and Small Whites ... one female Brown Hairstreak, some Speckled Woods in good condition and two very nice Commas ... also flocks of Goldfinches feeding on the seedheads and perching in the small trees, some quite close to us ...

Clive

[Clive]

Hi

A visit to Langford Lakes NR on Saturday 2th October and very nice to be greeted by half a dozen Speckled Woods dancing about along the path towards the first hide ... three Small Whites were also present as we walked around the reserve ... then out the far end we followed the river Wylye for about half a mile and found along the way about a dozen Red Admirals, mainly high up amongst the Ivy ... that's more than we've seen at any one time this year! and a single Meadow Brown ...

Loads of Dragon Flies about too ...

No butterfly photo's but here's a Great Crested Grebe, there were quite a lot on the lakes ...

Clive