This thread is now unlocked - Paul and Roger - I'm unable to restore your original posts but feel free to post again. The issue, Roger, is what happened after your post with another member making claims against a certain tour company. Anyway, without going into details, they are now banned. So pleas...

Since this thread has descended into a love-fest for different tour providers, I’m locking it. Sorry, Ian, but I don’t think you’ll get a sensible answer to your question here when most of the guides for the different companies are UKB members!

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- Pete

And another near Frimley …

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/uWWjWq ... tid=K35XfP

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- Pete

Will update the list soon. In the meantime ...

https://twitter.com/ShadoxhurstMan/stat ... 9289274565

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- Pete

MrSp0ck wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 4:56 pm If non-migratory explain the one in Dover last year, it has crossed the channel.

1. Release.
2. Assisted travel.
3. A vagrant (a stray, wandering individual).

None of these mean that the BVW migrates.

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- Pete

I completely agree, Paul. Being objective and taking into account the facts and the species’ ecology, then the only conclusion I can come to is that the original sightings are of a release. I’m surprised anyone can possibly think anything else to be honest! How does a non-migratory butterfly end up ...

Padfield wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 7:47 pm I think my overall favourite has to be this (at first sight, rather sorry) picture of a Cynthia's fritillary

I think my Overall Favourite Butterfly Photo of 2023 is your last photo! Brilliant!

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- Pete

It's that time of year to start the usual LT thread! We often get asked by 'the great and the good' to let them know what's been posted on UKB before the formal records are collated at the end of the year, and there's also a lot going on in the broader ecosystem (Twitter, Facebook etc.) that also wa...

A belated Happy Birthday, Guy! I’m sure you’ll be going strong for quite some time!

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- Pete

Well… I have had responses from two of the local experts and both opined unequivocally that it is a female selene . The question was framed in an open way (i.e. not “do you agree that…”) and neither offered the possibility that it might be dia , which I did ask. Thanks Roger - did they say why they...

Superb sighting, Bob - something I've never seen myself. And so early in the year too!

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- Pete

Congrats to Mark Searle, overall winner in the 2023 UK Butterflies Annual Photography Competition! Mark wins a signed copy of British & Irish Butterfly Rarities by Pete Eeles that has been kindly donated by UK Butterflies sponsor, Greenwings. Thanks to all the competitors - the top 12 can be see...

Thanks chaps!

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- Pete

Thanks Vince! Saw over a dozen Red Admirals today, so all is well with the world

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- Pete

Padfield wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 8:12 pm ... but in the end decided to keep it by the loo ...

What an honour

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- Pete

Vince Massimo wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 3:19 pm The flowers are in a communal area adjacent to my garden and bearing in mind that I planted them, I'm counting the sighting as a garden tick

Brilliant. What a hotspot you have there, Vince!

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- Pete

That's 25th November then, for those wondering!

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- Pete

Thanks both! It was also nice to get positive feedback while at the AES Exhibition yesterday. Seems the effort was worthwhile, which you never really know until a book is published and get feedback!

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- Pete

Thanks chaps! Yes, the amount of research was quite extensive, because it had to be. Even when I was done I was sure that there must be other records lurking - on data labels, for example. It reminded me of this episode of Blackadder (the dictionary episode): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOSYiT2i...

My copy arrived today. What a lovely start to the day! - Fab 'companion' to "LIFE CYCLES..." - Scholarly - as the author puts it, 'an archaeological dig' - Really appreciate the sections (Primary, Adventive, Questionable, and Future) - Beautiful (largely thanks to our six-legged friends t...