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Dates

Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 6:17 pm
by cjs
Hi
My appologies if this question has been asked a lot before.
My wife say's it's time to book her holiday's from work.
Is there a printable table of all species of butterfly I might expect to see in the UK. But also with their flight times, so I can see at a glance the best times to book holiday's. So that I can target species. Thanks.
Regards cjs.

Re: Dates

Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 7:27 pm
by Trev Sawyer
You actually have just what you are looking for on THIS site CJS...

Click on the UK butterflies logo at the top of this page to go back to the UK butterflies homepage, then click on the "Species" section shown along the menu bar. Flight Times are available there... click on the appropriate table and it will expand to show every species found in the UK (and even different populations of the same species which may be on the wing at slightly different times depending on their location).
Check where the species you are interested in is found and then book your holiday there before all the accommodation in the area is snapped up by other butterfly enthusiasts :wink: It works for me :D

Trev

Re: Dates

Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 7:34 pm
by Pete Eeles
Thanks Trev.

The starting point is here: http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/flighttimes.php

Let me know if you'd like to see any modifications - since the graphics are generated from a database, I can change them pretty easily :)

Cheers,

- Pete

Re: Dates

Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 9:15 pm
by cjs
Thanks Trev Pete,
Thats fantastic
Pete wrote Let me know if you'd like to see any modifications - since the graphics are generated from a database, I can change them pretty easily

Hi Pete I dont know if you can help but when I print the graph it completes at "Mountain Ringlet" (using the earliest flight times) and does not print the whole graph. It would be helpful if it was possible to print the full graph.
I also found this when I tried to print from the Taxonomy.
Regards cjs.

Re: Dates

Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 9:55 pm
by Pete Eeles
Hi cjs,

Thanks for the comments. Unfortunately - the images are what they are - images. As such, they may not "fit" on (say) an A4 print (although I don't know why your printer doesn't print across multiple pages!).

As a workaround (and get some flexibility), you should be able to copy the image (right-click and select "Copy") and then paste it into a graphical editing program. You can then choose options to either "fit to 1 page" or to print across pages.

Hope this helps!

Cheers,

- Pete

Re: Dates

Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 10:10 pm
by cjs
Pete Thanks for your reply thats very kind of you. Unfortunately copy and paste does not work either. I have no understanding why my printer does not print across multiple pages on this graph, as it does at other times. Have you tried it yourself ?
Regards cjs.

Re: Dates

Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 11:22 pm
by Pete Eeles
Ah - crikey - the printing seems to have gone to pot! I'll take a look at this tomorrow, time willing!

Cheers,

- Pete

Re: Dates

Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:12 pm
by cjs
Hi Pete,
I got a friend to see if it would print onto A3. :idea: Perfect. :D

Re: Dates

Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:22 pm
by Pete Eeles
:D

Yeah - I've been playing around with printing in "landscape" mode too. "Printing from a browser" (based on my minimal research across different browsers) seems to be an art unto itself.

So - glad you've found a solution - but not quite sure what to do with the website as a whole. Given that many of the charts are generated, I think I might look into generating (for example) a PDF as well as a GIF.

I'll add to the ever-increasing list of enhancements :)

Anyway - thanks for the feedback. It's always good to hear if the website is behaving itself (positively or negatively!).

Cheers,

- Pete