Thanks Wurzel . This is the only time of year when that little green face gets used for the more common and mundane species :) ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Monday 8th . Week two for my transects and there was enough sun to fit them both in this afternoon. Speckled Woods, Brimstones and a...

April 2024 Monday 1st . As well as being the international day of silly pranks (luckily I work with some gullible colleagues, much hilarity was had), April the 1st is also the start of the new years transects. My two at work don’t often get going until mid May so I was pleasantly surprised to find ...

Thanks Wurzel . You’re right about the weather, we do seem to be stuck in a Groundhog day style loop which only those lucky buggers who happen to be retired have a chance of escaping! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ March 2024 Sunday 31st . I went down to explore the Amberley/Burpham hills ag...

Thanks Wurzel . 1 trial down, another one started today but you’re right, the forecast this week looks perfect for sitting inside for! You’re not wrong there David , thankfully they seemed to get it (mostly) right last weekend :) . Thanks Chris . I’m not a fan of those apps, I feel they take all the...

I booked my ticket down into Sussex on Friday when the forecast was promising sunshine aplenty. It seemed it was another abject failure from the weather people but come 1pm the clouds parted and the butterflies appeared. Peacock and Brimstone vied for dominance, perhaps 15 - 20 each. Only 2 Comma, 2...

Looks like Spring finally arrived today....and on my day off too!

Like Dave above, my spring also started today, unlike Dave above my one didn't stop for me! However today was my first proper butterfly day of the season, signified by the birds very much playing second fiddle (they did provide a lovely soundtrack to my wanderings though), with lots of season debuts...

Been a couple of OT sightings at knepp already.

Thanks Wurzel . Yes work always gets in the way, but now I have 2 weeks of Jury service coming up to further complicate things, not sure whether lunch time wanders will be possible… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ March 2024 Thursday 21st . Days before the forecast was promising that Thursday...

Paul (Bugboy ) looking at the two pics from the Kent facebook group posted by the finder Hugh Nightingale of two individuals found in Ashford .If you look closely at the two images in my opinion they are the same insect ie; same wing damage .......quite distinct . Allan .W. Agreed, Hugh's edited hi...

Thanks Wurzel . I think the Cetti’s was lost, he did have a bemused look on his face :lol: . Enjoy your popcorn :wink: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ March 2024 Wednesday 20th . The sun came out this afternoon. Sadly I was at work but there was just enough during my lunch break to give me ha...

Now that's a turn up Goldie, you beating Millerd to the first Holly Blue on here!

March 2024 Sunday 17th . Some forecasts suggested sun in the afternoon after yet another morning of monsoon like weather. Well, it did arrive, but not until far too late and only for about half an hour, plus I had already returned home after a little local wander. The lack of any sun meant butterfl...

Looks like 2 are flying around somewhere in Ashford, Kent.
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Thanks Wurzel . Not sure about the Small Tort counting as two. They may be generally scarce in the south-east, but the Lea Valley remains a stronghold and I can guarantee seeing them here every spring. They are very much butterflies of river valleys and damp meadows here now, where the nettles can s...

Thanks guys, had they come closer I might have been able to get a pic where the ring could be read. I did think at the time the buzzard was particularly dark. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ March 2024 Friday 8th looked set to be a sunnier day all round. I was on a half day so planned to shoo...

That Small Skipper does look very fresh so it could well be stretching its flight muscles ready for its maiden voyage.

Thanks Wurzel , but it was complete luck with the Med Gull. I was just taking a few shots illustrating the local flooding. It was only when I put them on my laptop that the jet black head popped out at me! I’ve been having similar issues with the weather, more often than not, only sunny when I’m at ...

My first picture of a Red Admiral and my first Small Tort today, along with a Comma before cloud cover ruined my afternoon jaunt along Tottenham Marshes!

So in regard to the BVW I feel there does need to be an interjection of some common sense and proper analysis of what scant facts are surrounding their provenance. As I see it there is just one fact that we can all agree on, a number of adults emerged on Hutchinson’s Bank, after that it becomes larg...