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Re: June 2020
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 7:20 pm
by Stevieb
Super fresh Peacock.
- 29th June
Re: June 2020
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 7:38 pm
by Jack Harrison
Just imagine the wow! factor if Peacocks were rare. It must rate as one world's most spectacular species.
Jack
Re: June 2020
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 8:17 pm
by David M
Jack Harrison wrote: ↑Mon Jun 29, 2020 7:38 pmJust imagine the
wow! factor if Peacocks were rare. It must rate as one world's most spectacular species.
Indeed, Jack. People would be travelling the length of the country if they were as scarce, for instance, as Large Blue.
Never finer than when fresh like in Stevie's image above.
Re: June 2020
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 9:16 pm
by Deborah
These two made me happy today. A large tortoiseshell in the garden. Sat open-winged on a cabbage leaf. Of course I didn’t have my camera, ran and got it. It was still there but as I arrived it fled off. Luckily it hung around for this picture on the Verbena bonariensis. Other pic is a Skipper. Any help telling me what kind appreciated!
Re: June 2020
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 9:42 pm
by bugboy
That's a Large Skipper Deborah
Re: June 2020
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 9:54 pm
by Bertl
Can someone ID please, large skipper?
Re: June 2020
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 9:58 pm
by millerd
That is indeed a Large Skipper.
Cheers,
Dave
Re: June 2020
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2020 5:36 pm
by Charles Nicol
another skipper... not sure what type
Paxton Pits Cambridgeshire this afternoon
Re: June 2020
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2020 5:56 pm
by minty
Thought I would post these two that was on my fence today,
- I know zilch about butterflies
Re: June 2020
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2020 6:26 pm
by David M
minty wrote: ↑Wed Jul 01, 2020 5:56 pmThought I would post these two that was on my fence today...
Lovely shot. Looks like courtship behaviour. Perhaps we're on for an additional brood later in the year.
Re: June 2020
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2020 7:00 pm
by minty
Ooops should have been in the July thread,sorry
Re: June 2020
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2020 8:35 pm
by David M
minty wrote: ↑Wed Jul 01, 2020 7:00 pm
Ooops should have been in the July thread,sorry
Not a hanging offence, Minty!
Just glad to see it regardless.
Re: June 2020
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 9:38 am
by Jack Harrison
minty wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 01, 2020 7:00 pm
Ooops should have been in the July thread,sorry
Not a hanging offence, Minty!
It might be in some parts of the Dis-United Kingdom
Jack
Re: June 2020
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 12:26 pm
by David M
Tell me about it, Jack!
Thursday 25th June - 2 Purple Emperors seen at Fermyn Woods. One skimmed the track but didn't settle, however the other was grounded several times during the half hour or so that I watched it zooming up and down the ride:
No Purple Hairstreaks seen, which was surprising, but there were quite a few White Admirals along with plenty of other high summer, woodland species:
Re: June 2020
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 12:55 pm
by Pete Eeles
Very nice!
Cheers,
- Pete
Re: June 2020
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2020 7:48 pm
by David M
My first positively identified Essex Skippers in Abergavenny on Fri 26th:
Re: June 2020
Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2020 6:19 am
by Ian Pratt
Padfield wrote: ↑Wed Jun 24, 2020 5:53 pm
I've been glimpsing male white-letter hairstreaks in the canopy of our local elms for about 10 days. They always seem to settle out of sight, even though I point and shoot at 60x zoom whenever I see one - never anything in the picture. Then today, one such point and shoot bore fruit:
You can even see the relief of the sex-brand in that picture, confirming it is a male.
The elms are in a meadow in the middle of town (Woodbridge). This can be a highly elusive species, which I am convinced flies far closer to most people than they imagine.
Guy
I attach photos of white-letter hairstreaks taken on a Dutch elm-resistant tree in the centre of Newport Isle of Wight. The butterflies were just below eye level and easy to photograph.
Re: June 2020
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2020 9:18 pm
by Chris L
David M wrote: ↑Mon Jun 29, 2020 4:34 pm
Otep wrote: ↑Mon Jun 29, 2020 3:35 pm
Those Large Blue photos are fantastic David. I was unaware that they were in Gloucestershire. Mental note made of that.
Yes, Otep, there are two public access sites for this species and Daneway Banks is one of them. It's a beautiful site and well worth a visit so if you get chance.....
Thank you David. Apologies for the belated response. A tough time at work in the last 10 days.
