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White Admiral - Favourite Photo 2016
Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2017 6:05 pm
by Wurzel
White Admiral - Favourite Photo 2016
Week 19
The penultimate week! I'm looking forward to these fave selections in particular as I saw all three of the species featured this week but wasn't able to get photos of any of them
Please could I ask that everyone waits until a topic has been opened by me for a particular species before posting photos - just to make it easier to organise and keep everything on track so that we can enjoy this throughout the winter months? Of course our overseas members are very welcome to fill in the obvious gaps relating to rare UK migrants. As like last year details of locations, dates, times and circumstances would be welcome as would any accompanying stories and anecdotes or other observations of behaviour and interesting other points.
Have a goodun
Wurzel
Re: White Admiral - Favourite Photo 2016
Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2017 7:38 pm
by millerd
A bad year for the species I would say, with not very many seen on my excursion to Chiddingfold in early July, and none at all at Black Park in Bucks during the same week. Consequently this is one of very few shots taken in 2016.
Dave
Re: White Admiral - Favourite Photo 2016
Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2017 7:44 pm
by Pete Eeles
Given my fascination with immature stages, especially those of the White Admiral which are all spectacular (IMHO!), then this shot of a relatively-fresh egg was a highlight of 2016.
Cheers,
- Pete
Re: White Admiral - Favourite Photo 2016
Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2017 8:43 pm
by bugboy
Like Dave these had a bad year in my haunts (mainly Bookham) and I only saw a handful of individuals and later in the season first instar larvae were also way down on 2015 numbers. This was the first one that presented itself to me at the beginning of July
I had hoped to track down some eggs as well, I agree with Pete's comments about the immature stages of WA's, but that will have to wait for another season when hopefully numbers pick up again!
Re: White Admiral - Favourite Photo 2016
Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2017 9:34 pm
by downland boy
Two photographs of the same individual, taken in a wealden wood in East Sussex.
Re: White Admiral - Favourite Photo 2016
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2017 8:42 am
by Goldie M
I was in Fermyn Woods looking for the Purple Emperor on the 17th July when on my way back to the car I saw the White Admiral briefly has it flew down onto the leaf then quickly flew a way, I managed just one quick shot, I didn't see it again in 2016. Goldie
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Re: White Admiral - Favourite Photo 2016
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2017 12:34 pm
by MikeOxon
This is my favourite from a series of photos that I took from the main ride, quite near the Oakley Wood car-park in Bernwood Forest. Whereas he was nectaring on the bramble flowers, the fruits, which would delight his 'Red' cousins later in the season, were already forming in the background.
![WhiteAd2016.jpg (162.18 KiB) Viewed 2354 times Bernwood, Oxon - 8th July 2016<br />Olympus E-M1 with 100-400mm lens - 1/800s@f/11 ISO 1000](./files/thumb_11310_24bc58d8d9db6d7c0dd1dad6ce199880)
- Bernwood, Oxon - 8th July 2016
Olympus E-M1 with 100-400mm lens - 1/800s@f/11 ISO 1000
Mike
Re: White Admiral - Favourite Photo 2016
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 7:14 pm
by Neil Freeman
I saw White Admirals in 2016 at Ryton Wood and Snitterfield Bushes in Warwickshire...maybe half a dozen or so at Ryton and 3 or 4 at Snitterfield. On both occasions they were actively flitting and skimming between the trees but as I was at Ryton later in the day I had some photo opportunities when they occasionally settled to bask in the late afternoon sun.
![Ryton 20.07.16 022 resize.JPG (610.94 KiB) Viewed 2239 times White Admiral - Ryton Wood 20.07.2016](./files/thumb_10101_d934ebd87389ffdf815b5d2586265aeb)
- White Admiral - Ryton Wood 20.07.2016
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- White Admiral - Ryton Wood 20.07.2016
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- White Admiral - Ryton Wood 20.07.2016
Cheers,
Neil