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Re: Bugboys mission
Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 6:38 pm
by bugboy
Well I'm getting near the end of my photographic list of species I have pictures off. Tonight is a couple of pics of a Clouded yellow I managed to get in Epping Forest. As is usual with them he took me on a merry dance as I tried to get close enough to get him in frame long enough to focus. Not brilliant but it's another tick on that list. Hopefully another warm summer will bring some more this year.
Re: Bugboys mission
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 10:31 pm
by Wurzel
Great shots Bugboy
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
Hopefully they'll be some Cloudies around this summer - we do seem to be getting them in higher numbers recently
Have a goodun
Wurzel
Re: Bugboys mission
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 6:52 pm
by bugboy
Thanks Wurzel, yes fingers crossed
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
Re: Bugboys mission
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 10:18 pm
by bugboy
Some Painted Ladies tonight:
one from nearly 20 years ago!
![Painted Lady#6.jpg (648.2 KiB) Viewed 82910 times Mill Hill, North London, July '96 (slide scan)](./files/thumb_13753_ed3d21588c150aac9085b1937434848a)
- Mill Hill, North London, July '96 (slide scan)
and 3 of the same animal, flash and no flash.
![Painted Lady, Hampstead Heath '07 #26.JPG (1.25 MiB) Viewed 82910 times Hampstead Heath, 8/8/07](./files/thumb_13753_602900430696b70fb67f86e7e38e0bcd)
- Hampstead Heath, 8/8/07
![Painted Lady, Hampstead Heath '07 #23.JPG (622.43 KiB) Viewed 82910 times Hampstead Heath, 8/8/07](./files/thumb_13753_e3f05c064c840541b7bded1d06fb6905)
- Hampstead Heath, 8/8/07
![Painted Lady, Hampstead Heath '07 #11.JPG (975.94 KiB) Viewed 82910 times Hampstead Heath, 8/8/07](./files/thumb_13753_bd202cdb333de9de716f8687ac3a88cd)
- Hampstead Heath, 8/8/07
Re: Bugboys mission
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 3:51 pm
by Goldie M
Nice shots Bugboy roll on Spring Goldie
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
Re: Bugboys mission
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 10:24 pm
by Wurzel
Cracking Painted Lady Bugboy
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
I struggled with PLs this year with only a few sightings and a couple of shots
![Confused :?](./images/smilies/icon_confused.gif)
Still hopefully next year will be a good one
Have a goodun
Wurzel
Re: Bugboys mission
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2015 6:02 pm
by bugboy
Thanks again Wurzel.
Here's a couple of Large Whites:
Re: Bugboys mission
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2015 10:32 pm
by Wurzel
I struggled with Large Whites this year as they were very thin on the ground
![Sad :(](./images/smilies/icon_sad.gif)
Nice shots Bugboy - I'll try and get round to getting you that info some time this wek, I haven't forgotten
Have a goodun
Wurzel
Re: Bugboys mission
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2015 11:00 pm
by bugboy
I've always struggled with Large and Small Whites but it's entirely my fault and my hatered of getting up early enough to get them before they start their daily patrolling!
![Embarassed :oops:](./images/smilies/icon_redface.gif)
Must try harder this year!
Re: Bugboys mission
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 5:43 pm
by bugboy
A little twitching visit to Hampstead Heath today, loads of Tit flocks with good sprinkling of Nuthatch and Treecreepers and a pair of courting Coal Tits. Goldcrest obviously had a good 2014 and was close enough to sex a pair without the aid of binoculars! Also a very nice flock of Redwings let me get close, at least 100 of them and a total of 35 species in all.
Anyway, butterflies, Small Whites:
Re: Bugboys mission
Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2015 6:41 pm
by bugboy
Tonight is my favourite harbringer of spring, the Orange Tip. I only have slide scans, having been extremely and embarrassingly slack in getting pics since going digital.
![Orange Tip und M#1.jpg (406.85 KiB) Viewed 82813 times 25/4/02 Finchley, North London.](./files/thumb_13753_693e56e7bba2fb6a657d4587963b38c5)
- 25/4/02 Finchley, North London.
![Orange Tip und M#4.jpg (357.22 KiB) Viewed 82813 times 25/4/02 Finchley, North London.](./files/thumb_13753_8e59a1ef5a08b06391a534932f7d5c12)
- 25/4/02 Finchley, North London.
![Orange Tip und M#6.jpg (629.45 KiB) Viewed 82813 times May 2004, Finchley, North London.](./files/thumb_13753_f46e219ecdd7b92b0499c5a02bef6e9e)
- May 2004, Finchley, North London.
As you can see I quite liked using flash back then!
Well anyway, for those that are still following my diary that, in 5 pages, is all the species I have photographed in the UK so far. I have caught glimpses of a couple of others, a purple Emperor whizzing over my head last year on Box Hill and Walls were pretty common where I grew up but haven't seen one of those for years, that will change this year
Still awaiting my first lepidopteran encounter for 2015 but that is hopefully only a few weeks away and this year will most definately be a butterfly year for me after dusting of my camera last summer and remembering what I've been missing!
Re: Bugboys mission
Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2015 11:17 pm
by Wurzel
I've had sightings around the 16th Feb for the last three years now so hopefully the your/our first sigthing won't be far away now
Have a goodun
Wurzel
Re: Bugboys mission
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 7:20 pm
by bugboy
Well today did seem very springlike in my neck of the woods, still no butterfly sightings but I suspect if this weather stays there may well be a flurry of activity very soon, fingers crossed
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
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Had a very good day out birdwatching on Satuday, total of 55 species on my local patch (equalling my personal record) and my first wild male Goldeneye who looked stunning swimming on a local resevoir.
So to eek out my catalogue of pictures until I start getting new ones here's some early stages I've managed to get over the years.
![Silver Spotted Skipper egg, Box Hill, '14 #4.JPG (412.77 KiB) Viewed 82796 times Silver Spotted Skipper, Box Hill, 20/8/14](./files/thumb_13753_7bf7b36fbc6746cfbf0b283c2ed56481)
- Silver Spotted Skipper, Box Hill, 20/8/14
![Holly Blue eggs, Dollis Valley walk '04 #1.jpg (501.08 KiB) Viewed 82796 times Holly Blue eggs, Dollis Valley walk, 8/04](./files/thumb_13753_c42454b2a285c6f4ee7dd7a651854e7c)
- Holly Blue eggs, Dollis Valley walk, 8/04
![Common Blue female, Dollis Valley walk '07 #10.JPG (512.31 KiB) Viewed 82796 times Common Blue female and freshly laid egg, Dollis Valley walk, 10'6'07](./files/thumb_13753_0c6e7275e32af2ce97509bdce5f67ba1)
- Common Blue female and freshly laid egg, Dollis Valley walk, 10'6'07
![Small White egg, Walthamstow Marshes, '14 #2.JPG (315.25 KiB) Viewed 82796 times Small White egg, Walthamstow Marshes, 27/7/14](./files/thumb_13753_65e63f8fd69a1dc566757d4a86d6401b)
- Small White egg, Walthamstow Marshes, 27/7/14
![Comma egg, Lea Valley Regional Park, '14 #1.JPG (342.04 KiB) Viewed 82796 times Comma Egg, Lea valley Park, 23/7/14](./files/thumb_13753_13aca7d5e1ee15af913d40818fa8dae9)
- Comma Egg, Lea valley Park, 23/7/14
![Comma larvae, Burford Meadow Box Hill, '14 #1.JPG (615.39 KiB) Viewed 82796 times Comma Larvae, Burford meadow - Box Hill, 22/7/14](./files/thumb_13753_f157761a9e883c6696b785be519d6586)
- Comma Larvae, Burford meadow - Box Hill, 22/7/14
I vaguely remember this one looking a bit odd and since I recorded it as being seen in October I suspect it could have been dead/parasitized.
![Comma pupae.jpg (802.83 KiB) Viewed 82796 times Comma Pupae, Dollis Valley walk, 10/01.](./files/thumb_13753_b3ca5bff5c9bab7853b00964cd9452d5)
- Comma Pupae, Dollis Valley walk, 10/01.
![Speckled Wood eggs, Walthamstow Marshes, '14 #4.JPG (716.85 KiB) Viewed 82796 times Speckled Wood eggs, Walthamstow Marshes, 19/9/14](./files/thumb_13753_9184b1323ba1afde94a1eb06c23ef5b0)
- Speckled Wood eggs, Walthamstow Marshes, 19/9/14
![Small Tortoiseshell larvae.jpg (720.18 KiB) Viewed 82796 times Small Tortoiseshell Larvae, Finchley, 7/03](./files/thumb_13753_704db2c5b3d0679a32ab58dfb093c125)
- Small Tortoiseshell Larvae, Finchley, 7/03
Re: Bugboys mission
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 9:29 pm
by Nick Broomer
Hi Buggy,
Nice photos, especially the Speckled Wood ovum.
All the best, Nick.
Re: Bugboys mission
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 10:08 pm
by David M
Yes, lovely images, Bugboy. Nice to see something different.
Re: Bugboys mission
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 10:38 pm
by bugboy
Thanks guys
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
still not a patch on your early stage pics though Nick!
Re: Bugboys mission
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 11:05 pm
by Wurzel
Interesting images Buggy
![Mr. Green :mrgreen:](./images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)
I'll have to try and get my eyes in for the early stages this year - I find that I ither over or under estimate their size
Have a goodun
Wurzel
Re: Bugboys mission
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 11:14 pm
by bugboy
Thanks Wurzel, I got the Comma and Speckled pics because I saw the female laying them.
Re: Bugboys mission
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 7:11 pm
by bugboy
A couple of grey cold days in London so not much chance of any butterlfy activity at the moment.
I am slowly getting some of my favourite slides from back in the day digitised, with mixed results but here's a couple that came back looking good, Both taken in 2004 along the Dollis Valley walk in North London:
An Orange Tip egg
And a young larvae, 1st instar (thanks Nick for confirming age)
Re: Bugboys mission
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 9:19 pm
by Nick Broomer
Hi Buggy,
your Orange-tip larva is a 1st instar.
All the best Nick.