First Silver Studded Blues and Meadow Browns of the year in Sussex yesterday .

First Duke Of Burgundys flying at Heyshot Down West Sussex .

The first Pearl Bordered Fritillaries out in Sussex yesterday .

You obviously have to be well off but not necessarily a millionaire to buy something similar . A modest inheritance would do the job nicely .

Male Large Tortoiseshell(s) now seen in same location in West Sussex as the Female(s) previously seen this year .

A 2nd Large Tortoiseshell ( apparently a different individual ) seen in the same location as the previous example in West Sussex on the 2nd April .

In case there is someone with around £ 65,000 to spare there is a 5 1/3 acre wood mainly oak and ash with a flower/herb rich meadow for sale near Worsted West Sussex .
There are several other small woods for sale in West and East Sussex in the £30-50K price range

First Grizzled Skippers of the year at Mill Hill Shoreham West Sussex yesterday . Despite several people searching in the same spot , no one has been able to re find the Large Tortoiseshell seen and photographed by Neil Hulme earlier last week in West Sussex .

Female Large Tortoiseshell seen by Neil Hulme yesterday in West Sussex , pics on Sussex BC site

Beacon Hill Nature Reserve Rottingdean East Sussex Whilst not a spectacular site compared to many others , there is a very good population of Marbled Whites here . A few Dark Green Fritillaries are seen most years and a very small colony of Chalkhill Blues seems to have clung on for many years in li...

A fuller list of species for Castle Hill NNR Woodingdean Brighton
Dark Green Fritillary
Silver Spotted Skipper
Grizzled Skipper
Dingy Skipper ( nearly always a 2nd brood )
Small , Chalkhill , Adonis and Common Blues
Brown Argus
Green Hairstreak
Marbled White

Castle Hill NR Woodingdean , Brighton can give you Marbled White , Chalkhill and Adonis Blues certainly the 1st two at the same time .
Various woods in Sussex can give you Purple Emperor and Purple Hairstreak combined with the 1st 2 above if timed right .

2 Small Whites at West Tarring allotments West Worthing today at around 12 30 .

A few years ago now , I saw a noticeably enormous female Peacock in Newhaven ,East Sussex . Like several others seen at the same time it was freshly hatched and had twice the wing area of its presumed siblings .

I like the photo of the Large Skipper aberration on the website .

Southwater woods near Horsham today , 15 species seen though no Marbled White , Peacock or Purple Hairstreak ( latter seen by others ) . Highlight was 5 Purple Emperors buzzing around at the top of the master trees . One individual had a dogfight with 2 others drove them off over the pine tree and r...

First sighting of a Grizzled Skipper at Mill Hill , Shoreham is reported on the Sussex BC site . Strangely it was a female and it was egg laying .

Agree that this seems to be a general rule , but strangely the first sighting of a Grizzled Skipper this year at Mill Hill , Shoreham ( a well visited site ) was a female and she was egg laying .

I must confess that I still do not understand the distinction made by some between 1) Introduced species ( bad )that does not compete with native species already here and adds something to our fauna/flora 2) Natural immigrant ( good ) that arrives under its own steam and harms one or more species of...

I think Pete is being much too restrictive in his definition of native/non native species . The Romans for instance introduced a number of species to these islands , the rabbit and edible dormouse being 2 examples . I do not know anyone who would not consider the rabbit as not being a native British...