I arrived at the same time as the cloud, but it was warm and not too breezy, so I decided to have a look at all (well, some
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Dave
Gibster wrote:rhoumensis in Surrey!!!! (Or as I dubbed it in 2010's failed effort to clear up on the UK subspecies -my rhounemesis)
Sorry mate, I was saying that tongue-in-cheek. Obviously it is not of the endemic Hebridean race!!!millerd wrote:Is that what it looks like? I knew it was a bit different. What are the characteristics it is displaying that make it resemble a far distant subspecies?
Dave
I didn't really expect it to have wandered, even accidentally carried south in the sporran of stray ScotsmanGibster wrote:
Sorry mate, I was saying that tongue-in-cheek. Obviously it is not of the endemic Hebridean race!!!![]()
rhoumensis is (by all accounts) a very hairy, glaucous beast with a distinctly ghostly appearance in flight. Your individual is pretty silvery, but is several hundreds of miles south of where it should be (ie Rhum!)
Gibster.
Excellent stuff. I don't think I've ever seen a Skipper's egg before.millerd wrote:Another trip to Aston Rowant today....I also came across several egg-laying females, and managed a shot of a freshly laid egg. Despite the limitations of the camera, you can just about make out the depression in the top of the otherwise quite smooth-looking egg.
You up for a trip to West Williamston this year, Michael?Michaeljf wrote:Hi Neil,
because the weather was so dull when we arrived at Rodborough yesterday afternoon, the butterflies were all sheltering in the grass or had just disappeared into the bushes. I only saw a few Chalkhill Blues while I was there. I still have to see Adonis Blues myself this year, so next week I may venture there again next week
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Michael
Hi David,David M wrote:You up for a trip to West Williamston this year, Michael?