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Hi! Trevor , love the Robin and the Clouded Yellow photos are Great Goldie

HI EVERYONE,
It's been a while since I have been able to post any reports or reply to any of the wonderful images posted since September.
The reason; I spilt a small drop of water on my computer keyboard. I thought I had got away with it as everything seemed
normal, until I went to type a UKB report, I then found out that N and T weren't working and other keys sometimes didn't
register.
I think most of my image only postings have been self explanatory, except todays. I went to Tide Mills near Newhaven to
look for Clouded Yellows as I had seen some on recent visits but they were always hyperactive. But today I was more fortunate
and quickly spotted two in the air at the same time. They both made frequent stops to nectar on any yellow flower available.
These two looked very fresh, possibly home bred. One of them may have been Bugboy's AB !. Both fortunately stopped long for
enough for some shots. The images are on the previous page of my diary.
I'm typing this report on my Daughters computer, but will replace mine soon!.

There's still a little life left in this season !!.

Trevor.

Hi Trevor, sorry to hear about your keyboard incident but you are right, the photos speak for themselves.

Lovely fresh looking Clouded Yellows Glad to hear that there is a bit of life left in your season down there, it has just about finished now around my part of the midlands

Cheers,

Neil.

Looking forward to when you're properly back online, Trevor.

Don't let a mere keyboard come between you and the glory of the natural world around you!

Definately some home grown Cloudies there Trever. Others seen that weren't photographed in previous visits were all in tip top condition. Glad my ab is still around, fattening up for the trip across the channel perhaps.

I can only call the events of the past week, bizarre at the very least !.
On Tuesday I was photographing Clouded Yellows, Saturday I took my little grand daughter out for the afternoon ,
we called in at a local garden centre which was stacked floor to ceiling with Christmas decorations and
other ' festive ' products.
Then today, after the clocks went back, I was viewing a Long Tail Blue !.

The trip to see the LTB was more of a hunch than a plan. I saw Neil Hulme's post on Thursday about the LTB
at Beeding cement works, and Katrina confirming that it was still there on Saturday. So today I had to go to
Chichester which entailed passing the Beeding site. Luck prevailed as on arrival there was a chap on site
who kindly pointed the roosting LTB out to me. She was hunkered down in a large clump of ivy.
As time went on a large crowd had gathered to see, what was by now , a celebrity LTB !.
We all waited for the expert hand of Neil to gently move the Butterfly to a more photogenic location,
none of us daring to move it before he arrived in case we lost it.But all turned out well and everyone had
their turn with the camera

Unfortunately I had to leave the party and in doing so missed the open wings and the male seen later.

Trevor..

Good to see you 'properly' back on here, Trevor, after your recent technical issues, and great that you managed to witness an event like this.

There sure must be a fair number of folk who've gone home feeling that they've truly had a day to remember with these LTBs.

At any time of the year in the UK such an occasion is cause for celebration, but for it to come at the back end of October must make it particularly pleasurable?

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Fantastic Trevor, I only wish I could see the LTB Goldie

My computer isn't broken but this is all I could bring myself to type

Have a goodun

Wurzel

That background scenery looks familiar.......

Long Tailed Blue in the fields of England.....doesn't really get much better than that!

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I recognise that Clouded Yellow!

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As today the thick fog gave way to bright sunshine, i thought a trip to Tide Mills might be worthwhile.
I suspected that some Clouded Yellows might still be on the wing, and indeed two were found quite easily.
They were in the process of warming up making fairly close approach possible.

It is quite remarkable that it is now November and the offspring of two migrant species are still on the
wing in Sussex. Now for some more Long Tailed Blues ( hopefully ) !

Trevor.

Lovely Cloudy Trevor I still haven't seen one this year and with the weather turning (misty and grey all day here) that could be it
Have a goodun

Wurzel

trevor wrote:As today the thick fog gave way to bright sunshine, i thought a trip to Tide Mills might be worthwhile.
I suspected that some Clouded Yellows might still be on the wing, and indeed two were found quite easily.
They were in the process of warming up making fairly close approach possible.

It is quite remarkable that it is now November and the offspring of two migrant species are still on the
wing in Sussex. Now for some more Long Tailed Blues ( hopefully ) !

Trevor.

Hope your keyboard issues are now behind you, Trevor. I look forward to more of your reports very soon.

HI Everyone, i'm back !,

I've just bought a shiny new laptop, so hopefully normal service is resumed.

I think my Butterfly season came to a close on Nov.2nd. The images of the two Clouded Yellows I posted
that day were of the last Butterflies seen this year by me. Since then the weather has not been good around
here.
Still, I can't complain what with the Long Tailed Blues, and the Clouded Yellows extending the season,
here in Sussex, by at least a month. It does seem strange though that it was two warmth loving migrant
species that were still being seen at the end of Oct./ early Nov.

The Clouded Yellows I could find for myself, but it was down to the skill of Neil Hulme and Mark Colvin
that the LTB. was able to be seen by so many enthusiasts. Many thanks to them.

I do hope everyone will post their 2015 highlights/favourite images over the Winter months, there's
nothing better that looking at the best of Summer on a cold, dark January evening!.

All the best,
Trevor.

trevor wrote:HI Everyone, i'm back !,

I've just bought a shiny new laptop, so hopefully normal service is resumed.

Not before time, Trevor!

Hope to see you using your new laptop to good effect in the coming weeks/months!