Bulgaria in June

[Alastair Rae]

I thought I'd share some photos from Bulgaria, a Naturetrek trip at the end of June. It is a lovely country and a bit of an eye-opener about how many more species there are on the continent and how over-farmed our countryside is by comparison.

The best bit was seeing Glanville Fritillary and Chequered Skipper at the same site!

I hope I've identified these correctly.

Lulworth Skipper by Alastair Rae, on Flickr
Great Banded Grayling by Alastair Rae, on Flickr
Queen of Spain Fritillary by Alastair Rae, on Flickr
Spurge Hawk-moth by Alastair Rae, on Flickr
Mallow Skipper by Alastair Rae, on Flickr
White-letter Hairstreak by Alastair Rae, on Flickr
Balkan Copper by Alastair Rae, on Flickr
Balkan Copper by Alastair Rae, on Flickr
Short-tailed Blue by Alastair Rae, on Flickr
Freyer's Purple Emperor by Alastair Rae, on Flickr
Eastern Festoon by Alastair Rae, on Flickr
Chequered Skipper by Alastair Rae, on Flickr
Eastern Bath White by Alastair Rae, on Flickr
Southern White Admiral by Alastair Rae, on Flickr
Lesser Spotted Fritillary by Alastair Rae, on Flickr
Woodland Ringlet by Alastair Rae, on Flickr

[Chris Jackson]

Thank you for sharing your photos with us Alastair. Bulgaria is not a country everyone thinks of visiting.
Cheers, Chris

[Padfield]

Brilliant! I especially like the lesser spotted fritillaries because you can actually see the disco-cellular veins - really useful pictures for showing up the difference from spotted fritillaries.

Guy

[NickMorgan]

Fantastic pictures of some great butterflies.