Re: Bugboys mission
Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2021 4:04 pm
Thanks Ben, bizarrely I’ve never seen gorganus, the only place I’ve ever seen machaon is Norfolk!
Thanks Goldie, it is and I’ve seen quite a few now this year!
Thanks Neil, I couldn’t resist persevering some more with this particular species this year…
Thanks Wurzel, vica-verca for me, I’ve yet to see gorganus. Yes good to bump into you in the field yesterday and yes I did happen across a handful of Daneway Blues, a freshly emerged female completely stealing the show for me
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June 2021
Tuesday the 8th, Norfolk Swallowtails take 3. Ok, so I really am taking full advantage of my new-found access to britannicus! This time the weather forecast pretty much stayed the same in-between booking train tickets and arriving in Norfolk and within half an hour of arriving I was watching my first Swallowtail feeding in the Doctors Garden, sharing the flowers with a Peacock, a Painted Lady and a Red Admiral. I took a few pictures but I’ve never felt entirely comfortable taken pictures here, from someone else’s front garden, even if the owners are ok with it. Plus there’s no getting away from the fact the results tend to feel somewhat artificial. I moved round to the hill behind and after a short wait I was joined by a hungry Swallowtail. As anyone who’s watched them in feeding mode in the morning will know, they’re pretty much bomb proof and you can follow them around without fear of spooking them too much. They also seem to have an almost insatiable apatite so my camera was really put through its paces. Shortly before a second turned up I received a message from Millerd to say he’d seen his first Swallowtail at the visitor centre, neither of us knew the other had planned a visit today but I replied saying he should come find me. Several more hundred pictures were then taken… I love some of the shapes they pull with their constant fluttering as they feed
And even as they try and escape the lens they just add to the experience
Dave had better luck with them in the afternoon out amongst the reed beds, I went for a wander along some nearby paths I’d found on google maps, hoping to find some suitable areas where territories may be being held but all I found were a few Peacock, behaving as though it was still April along a sun backed path.
As usual the place was alive with Dragonflies, Scarce Chasers (who are anything but scarce in these parts) and Norfolk Hawkers making up the bulk of what was about. All in all an extremely successful day
Thanks Goldie, it is and I’ve seen quite a few now this year!
Thanks Neil, I couldn’t resist persevering some more with this particular species this year…
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Thanks Wurzel, vica-verca for me, I’ve yet to see gorganus. Yes good to bump into you in the field yesterday and yes I did happen across a handful of Daneway Blues, a freshly emerged female completely stealing the show for me
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June 2021
Tuesday the 8th, Norfolk Swallowtails take 3. Ok, so I really am taking full advantage of my new-found access to britannicus! This time the weather forecast pretty much stayed the same in-between booking train tickets and arriving in Norfolk and within half an hour of arriving I was watching my first Swallowtail feeding in the Doctors Garden, sharing the flowers with a Peacock, a Painted Lady and a Red Admiral. I took a few pictures but I’ve never felt entirely comfortable taken pictures here, from someone else’s front garden, even if the owners are ok with it. Plus there’s no getting away from the fact the results tend to feel somewhat artificial. I moved round to the hill behind and after a short wait I was joined by a hungry Swallowtail. As anyone who’s watched them in feeding mode in the morning will know, they’re pretty much bomb proof and you can follow them around without fear of spooking them too much. They also seem to have an almost insatiable apatite so my camera was really put through its paces. Shortly before a second turned up I received a message from Millerd to say he’d seen his first Swallowtail at the visitor centre, neither of us knew the other had planned a visit today but I replied saying he should come find me. Several more hundred pictures were then taken… I love some of the shapes they pull with their constant fluttering as they feed
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![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
As usual the place was alive with Dragonflies, Scarce Chasers (who are anything but scarce in these parts) and Norfolk Hawkers making up the bulk of what was about. All in all an extremely successful day
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)