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Re: May 2015
Posted: Fri May 29, 2015 2:01 pm
by Testudo Man
Painted Lady "fly through" in my back garden last weekend. The Butterfly looked like it was going to land on my brick wall for a second...but just kept on flying!
Red Admiral (finally seen one!!) on the 27/5/15
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
poor quality photo, but great to once again see this species on the wing. Other butterflies seen on the day were - Green-veined White, Large White, Small White, both male and female Orange-tips.
Location - Kent, cheers Paul.
Re: May 2015
Posted: Fri May 29, 2015 5:10 pm
by Pete Eeles
Testudo Man wrote:Painted Lady "fly through" in my back garden last weekend. The Butterfly looked like it was going to land on my brick wall for a second...but just kept on flying
Here they come
Cheers,
- Pete
Re: May 2015
Posted: Fri May 29, 2015 6:36 pm
by EricY
Just for the record, I saw a Painted Lady in Denge wood Kent on May 15th & another one @ Martin Down (Wilts I think) on Saturday May 23rd. Unfortunately no photo of either. Eric
Re: May 2015
Posted: Fri May 29, 2015 7:40 pm
by DaveO'B
I spent a couple of hours on Wednesday morning (27th) at one of the N. Yorks PBF sites. A combination of sunshine & clouds (mainly clouds as the morning progressed!) meant that they were quite easy to photograph, settling for long periods when the sun went in. I counted 8, and only 1 other butterfly, an unidentified white some distance away.
Re: May 2015
Posted: Sat May 30, 2015 11:35 am
by Scott Barron
Spotted my 1st Silver-studded Blue this morning 30th May at Upton Towans in Cornwall, a freshly emerged male. 12 species in total were recorded in a two hour walk before the clouds came in.
Re: May 2015
Posted: Sat May 30, 2015 7:05 pm
by David M
Pretty ordinary weather conditions this morning on the Gower, but I managed to find one Small Pearl Bordered Fritillary on Fairwood Common and 33 Marsh Fritillaries at Welshmoor:
Re: May 2015
Posted: Sat May 30, 2015 10:01 pm
by Ian Pratt
First large skipper today in the fields near my home in Sandown outskirts plus a good female orange-tip who posed for photos.
Ian
Re: May 2015
Posted: Sun May 31, 2015 2:10 pm
by Willrow
May is about to leave us, I think we could all be forgiven for saying we've had better ones
![Rolling Eyes :roll:](./images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif)
still I've had a great past week at
Aberbargoed Grasslands NNR, Gwent (Monmouthshire) where the
Marsh Fritillary numbers have been building towards a peak, yesterday I spent a few hours doing a rather casual count until reaching 70 - I then moved to other areas of the reserve checking for other species; which included at least 8
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary and low to mid-teen numbers for
Dingy Skipper, Small Heath and
Common Blue.
I was delighted to add a colony of Chimney Sweeper moths to my reserve list, this species had been awol for many years, great to rediscover them in a rather quiet corner of the reserve
![P1180691Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary2.jpg (143.82 KiB) Viewed 1026 times Beautifully posed Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary](./files/thumb_8479_8558eadbbeea1ddf571745f04cdee63e)
- Beautifully posed Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary
![P1180670Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary2.jpg (241.19 KiB) Viewed 1026 times Basking Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary.](./files/thumb_8479_83b78ca4a1723394f8d912faf9613e46)
- Basking Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary.
![P1180469Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary2.jpg (261.67 KiB) Viewed 1026 times Marsh Fritillary on Heath-spotted Orchid](./files/thumb_8479_9c8e5660e1ac18e99afb352e4db799ab)
- Marsh Fritillary on Heath-spotted Orchid
![P1180560Chimney Sweeper2.jpg (203.66 KiB) Viewed 1026 times Rediscovered Chimney Sweeper...!!!](./files/thumb_8479_321c598ddf82d55bdad789043715e460)
- Rediscovered Chimney Sweeper...!!!
![P1180672Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary2.jpg (217.12 KiB) Viewed 1026 times Half and half S P-b Frit...](./files/thumb_8479_209a79613bba5b4cd1312a8153785afd)
- Half and half S P-b Frit...
Lets hope that June shines on us all a little more than May has
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and the bl**d* wind decides to go on holiday...
Bill
"When in doubt - venture out"
Re: May 2015
Posted: Sun May 31, 2015 2:18 pm
by dilettante
Lovely photos, Bill, especially the first and the third
Re: May 2015
Posted: Sun May 31, 2015 4:01 pm
by Jack Harrison
Re: May 2015
Posted: Sun May 31, 2015 4:34 pm
by Willrow
dilettante wrote:Lovely photos, Bill, especially the first and the third
Thank you kindy dilettante
Bill
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
Re: May 2015
Posted: Sun May 31, 2015 8:33 pm
by Ian Pratt
Looking again at my two underside Glanville fritillary photos on 21 May and 23 May, is the first one an aberration as there are no black marks on the underside of the upper wing? It looks like the three photos in the species- specific album by Wurzel.
![Question :?:](./images/smilies/icon_question.gif)
Ian
Re: May 2015
Posted: Sun May 31, 2015 8:51 pm
by Testudo Man
A good six hour session this Saturday (30/5/15) target species being Small Blue and Adonis Blue.
Other species on the wing were - Green Hairstreak, Brimstone, Large White, Common Blue, just the one Brown Argus...and once again, a quick flash sighting of a Red Admiral.
Location - Darland Banks, Gillingham, Kent.
Several photos, cheers Paul.
This image is not cropped, unusual to see the Brimstone with open wings!
This Adonis Blue appears to have a damaged/deformed wing.
Re: May 2015
Posted: Sun May 31, 2015 9:54 pm
by David M
Such a shame that, TM. A perfect specimen on that last image would have been stunning. Never seen Adonis Blues on Ox-Eye Daisies before.
A lovely contrast.
Re: May 2015
Posted: Sun May 31, 2015 10:11 pm
by lee3764
Ahh....Calgary Bay, Mull! Visited there in 1996 and found the Transparent Burnet Moth on R/Hand side of bay as you look out to sea! Lovely place indeed!
Cheers,
Lee Slaughter (Cornwall).
Re: May 2015
Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2015 6:29 pm
by Testudo Man
David M wrote:Such a shame that, TM. A perfect specimen on that last image would have been stunning. Never seen Adonis Blues on Ox-Eye Daisies before.
A lovely contrast.
Sorry for the late reply on this David(just got back from the Isle Of White!)...and yes, after that Adonis Blue had spent some time feeding on my salts/sweat off my hand, i did place the butterfly down onto the Ox-eye Daisy.
However, not long after this, Im pretty sure i shot several images of a worn female Adonis blue, perched on an Ox-eye Daisy. If not an Adonis Blue, then a female Common Blue...I will have to check over those photos to be sure of the species.
Cheers Paul.
Re: May 2015
Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2015 11:24 pm
by Ian Pratt
just got back from the Isle Of White!
Where is that?!
![Rolling Eyes :roll:](./images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif)
Re: May 2015
Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2015 6:09 am
by Jack Harrison
...just got back from the Isle Of White!
Where is that?!
![Rolling Eyes :roll:](./images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif)
Living on the Isle of Mull I am forever being asked if that is the place that Paul McCartney sang about
Jack
Re: May 2015
Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2015 9:38 pm
by Testudo Man
Ian Pratt wrote:just got back from the Isle Of White!
Where is that?!
![Rolling Eyes :roll:](./images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif)
Where is that you ask?!...well, its in a "Parallel Universe", right next to the real "Isle of Wight".
All joking aside, i should thank you Ian, because without you pointing out the exact location for these beauties, when you posted your IOW Glanville photos, then Im sure i wouldnt have been able to find them so easy, so thanks very much for that.
Cheers Paul.