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by purplepalpatine
Sat Mar 08, 2025 8:18 pm
Forum: Sightings
Topic: Large Tortoiseshell.
Replies: 64
Views: 4898

Re: Large Tortoiseshell.

I’m in the background of that one :lol: Thank you David Lazarus for including a grid ref in your original post, without which I wouldn’t have had a clue where to start on an unfamiliar patch. And with an 8 hour round trip from Bristol, I really needed to maximise my chances of a sighting! After 3 ho...
by purplepalpatine
Sun Sep 01, 2024 9:31 pm
Forum: Sightings
Topic: September 2024
Replies: 130
Views: 9639

Re: September 2024

Tatty but strikingly marked GVW at Clun Castle yesterday
by purplepalpatine
Wed Dec 06, 2023 7:33 pm
Forum: Identification
Topic: Brown argus aberration?
Replies: 2
Views: 2979

Re: Brown argus aberration?

Thanks for the reply Vince, very helpful!

Yes, your 2011 specimen looks very much like the one I saw :D

Andy
by purplepalpatine
Mon Dec 04, 2023 11:20 am
Forum: Identification
Topic: Brown argus aberration?
Replies: 2
Views: 2979

Brown argus aberration?

Hi all, I’m new to this forum, just looking for some expert opinion on this brown argus I spotted back on 15th June around the Wiltshire/Somerset border. Apologies - the pics aren’t great - had to take them on my phone. Wing markings show it’s definitely not a f. common blue, and I’ve never seen thi...

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