Brown’s Folly 20-04-2024 My wife and K fancied a visit to Bath and so I was to be the taxi service. Once we’d located the Park and Ride despite the best efforts of the SATNAV to thwart us I dropped them off and then had 5 or so hours to explore an entirely new site. I was hoping to find an early Gr...

Sometimes butterflying is like looking for a needle in a haystack

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Cracking set of posts and images Dave - love the smoky Green-veined White and the Common Blue but that last Small Copper is bordering on the obscene it's so perfectly marked and fringed :shock: 8) :mrgreen: No luck at Martin Down, no reports from Cotley or Battlesbury either on the Wiltshire site so...

More highlights than the cracking Duke and Duchess display Also love the Brimstone action shot I'm wondering if you saw any Brown Argus

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Great to see the Painted Lady influx has made it to your neck of the woods Neil - hopefully there will be many more to come

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Funnily enough Fovant Badges is the spot I've visited for my Wiltshire Dukes Maximus :D Did you have any luck in the 'Bowl' on your right as you climb over the stile? I await the report all the more eagerly now. Going back a bit - :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: I bet you can guess what they're for! :...

Good work with the open wing Greenstreak Ernie Is the mark on the fore wing the sex brand do you think or am I seeing things again?

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A lovely set of evening butterflies Katrina When I went to Bentley Wood for Pearls they all disappeared off to bed at around 5:30 so perhaps at Abbot's Wood they like an early night

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A wow for the Osiris Blue - that colour I reckon that you shouldn't have a problem with Wrynecks anymore after the your last sighting Guy, I reckon the karma will break the jinx

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Brilliant to see you were visited by a Painted Lady Rob There's been a bit of an influx over the last couple of days - I just hope that they don't get on the blower and tell the rest of them not to bother coming over as the weather is so rubbish

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Brilliant Small Blues Dilettante The way that you've caught the scales on the wings is sublime

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Cheers Neil It was nice to 'tick' off my bogey species nice and early in their flight, and even better as it was a mid-week trip which for me is rarer than the poo of a rocking horse

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Twas a great day indeed Dave, that Wall was pleasantly un-Wall like in terms of his behaviour :D And that Grizzlie was a brilliant way to finish :D I followed it up with a trip to Fovant and Martin Down - but still couldn't add a Marshie. At current rates there should be a few this weekend (I'm goin...

May not be the shot you wanted Katrina but they're still cracking

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So was this a case of Pathetic Fallacy (or the whatever the bird equivalent is)? Hope your neck is better now. Great stuff with shots 8) and not the usual view of a Wryneck - it's often that 'slightly lighter tone showing up amongst the branches of that bush' - at least that was what my first one wa...

A stolen afternoon…18-04-2024 I woke up at the usual weekday time and then half way through my breakfast I remembered that I had the joy of a Hospital appointment. Once that was dealt with I took a quick walk over to Waitrose to pick up something for lunch as all my other victuals were stashed at w...

Cheers Bugboy :D I know what you mean about that Comma, I had to check the calendar on my phone in case I'd entered a temporal loop, I also called out 'Doc Brown?' a few times :wink: :lol: The Orange-tips have been good this year, I think the cooler and cloudier weather has been advantageous :D Have...

Yay Pearls :wink: :lol: Great set of shots and defo worth waiting for 8) :mrgreen: -I'm hoping to get me some of those tomorrow evening - I darn't look at the weather forecast :? Lovely set of Wood Whites which I might miss out this year :( and I reckon the male Brimstone is trying to earn her affec...

I reckon that Greenstreak could be a shoe-in for the Favourites Thread Bugboy if not then its more than welcome in my 'I wish I'd seen/photographed' collection

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Cracking set of shots Trevor, it's been a while since I've seen mating Pearls so Also one of them looks good for an ab what with they thick, dark markings

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