Mountain Ringlet - Favourite Photo of 2016
Week 11
Week 11 and time to wish everyone a Merry Solstice and then a Happy Christmas!
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
Mountain Ringlet - Favourite Photo of 2016
- Neil Freeman
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- Location: Solihull, West Midlands
Re: Mountain Ringlet - Favourite Photo of 2016
A detour to Irton Fell on the return from Scotland in early June gave me an hour in which to look for Mountain Ringlets. Cloudy but reasonably warm conditions produced twenty or so individuals but getting a good photo in the limited time was impossible due to them taking short flights and dropping low down in the grass. The shot below was the best I managed.
Cheers,
Neil
Cheers,
Neil
Re: Mountain Ringlet - Favourite Photo of 2016
A dozen or so of this species seen in the French Alps in early July. As with Neil, getting a half decent image was impossible due to the butterflies insisting on coming down in the long grasses:
- Chris Jackson
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- Joined: Mon May 06, 2013 6:35 am
- Location: Marseilles, France
Re: Mountain Ringlet - Favourite Photo of 2016
This Mountain Ringlet was seen at around 2,200 m alt. on July 21st during a day out in the Swiss Alps with a well known British-Swiss lepidopterist.
Chris