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Beautiful images Katrina - especially the third Small blue shot - on it's own, personal diamond encrusted bridge

Have a goodun

Wurzel

That's the classic shot of a Small Pearl Bordered Fritillary, Katrina - settled on the emerging frond of a fern. Beautiful.

Getting up early worked with the Small Blues too. Love the image where the dew drops surround the butterfly.

Thank you Wurzel and David

I went with my sister to Dorset yesterday to took for Lulworth Skippers.
We arrived late afternoon / early evening and found some in Lulworth Cove yesterday (approx 6)
Today we saw them at the car park and Corfe Castle and then some at Durlston Country Park.

Good to see the Lulworths, Katrina - I think that the doubtful one has to be a Lulworth too as it's a bit early for the other two that fly alongside later on. In July it can get very confusing! At least it's a butterfly with a long season, so I can catch up with them a bit later.

Cheers,

Dave

Thanks Dave, I am sure I first read about Durlston Country Park in your diary, a great place!

Great shots Katrina - I missed you by a day! They were flying round like crazy today. Daves's right your probable is as Smessex haven't emerged yet

Have a goodun

Wurzel

Sorry to have missed you Wurzel. Lulworth Cove was beautiful and we enjoyed the ice cream too!

It's a beautiful spot to visit, Katrina. I haven't been for a few years now, more's the pity.

Glad you got to see the eponymous skipper.

Yes, well done from me too, lovely images as well. It’s amazing to think they will probably still be flying at the end of August!

Thanks David, it is a beautiful spot. Thanks essexbuzzard is good to hear they have a long flight period. Very useful when and where to find them info on Dorset butterfly sightings page too.

Great shots of the Lulworth Skippers Katrina. I can't decide whether I'm more envious of your lovely images or your day out at Lulworth and Durlston

Lulworths already, the Spring Skippers and Green Hairstreaks are still far from over! Looks like I'll be sorting myself out a trip to Durlston on the coming weeks

A mrgreen for some lovely images of a species I have never seen .
Doug and I are going after something ( hopefully ) much larger next week.

Trevor.

Thanks Pauline, I think the 21 hours in Dorset was better than the shots. I didn’t like the traffic on the way there though.
Thanks Trevor , excluding cryptic wood white I just have one resident species left to see in the U.K. Have fun with your bigger butterflies. We think we saw the moth version of what you seek while we were at Durlston.

High Brown?.

I arrived at Iping Common at 4.45pm. I found 7 male and one female Silver-Studded Blues before the cows decided to join me! The female was roosting on a juicy clump of grass so I hope she didn't get eaten

Lovely shots of the Silver Studded Blues, Katrina.
Hope to get over there myself, But with something much larger on the horizon, who knows !.

Best wishes,
Trevor.

A lovely sequence Katrina What's going on in the third shot? Is that two males on the one blade of grass or an attempted pairing?

Have a goodun

Wurzel

Lovely shots Katrina,Of the Skipper's I've not seen the Lulworth Skipper's yet at all, I always seem to be there at the wrong time Love the SSB shots too. Goldie