Thank you very much once again

Thank you very much Guy....Here are a couple more photo's in the hope that they may help one way or another The first, I am pretty certain in the same butterfly CMS_4225-1.jpg But, there were a few in the same area...I think this was a different one but, all were missing the base spot on the forewin...

Thank you all for looking....I have spent some time since this post pouring through my guides and looking online. The Blue remains a mystery....the only one's I can find that for the area are normally found in mountainous area's so, I am still stumped. However, I think the Skipper is a slightly worn...

Both taken on the island of Skiathos in the Aegean June 2014. I would be grateful for ID or possible ID of this Skipper and Blue. Thanks in advance

Spotted the first Small Coppers of the year yesterday in Shropshire (just two of them for now)

First Male Orange Tip of the year for me today also

A week or so ago my buddleja bush was heaving with peacock butterflies as well as large and small/green-veined whites... Today, small tortioseshells have replaced most of the peacocks, along with one red admiral and my first painted lady of the year. Trev Pretty much the same scenario here in Shrop...

I seem unable to find common blues in Shropshire if anybody knows where they are hiding, as I am keen to photograph the female. Last Monday it tipped it down with rain here and I took the opportunity as I was not at work, to have my first go at watercolour painting (I have never drawn or painted ev...

Thank you very much Pete and Vince...
Another step forward to my learning. When it is quieter I will post a list and some pics of my Greek experiences but, one for the winter .....when we need a little sunshine on darker nights.

I think that it's a Small Copper of the summer brood - at least it looks like one posted by Essexbuzzard recently. Hope this helps, cracking shots by the way :D Have a goodun Wurzel Thanks Wurzel :) I am thinking it must just be an oddity...too early for a summer brood and it did stand out as being...

In May I once again went to the island of Skiathos. Interestingly just like the UK many of the plants were up to two weeks later than normal which, gave me some new butterflies to add to my growing list, the Long Tailed Blue being one of them :) On a meadow of wild flowers I came across several smal...

Jack Harrison wrote:Isle of Mull 4th August

Finally nailed DGF on camera.



More later.

Jack

Nice one

This last week in my little bit of Shropshire and I visited Dudmaston Woods on a day when a storm was about to hit. It was scarily quiet with even the absence of Dragonflies which are normally plentiful. However, I saw three White Admiral (apologies because these were technically seen in July ). I g...

Large Whites have also been laying eggs on the Nasturtiums.........It is lovely to be seeing such numbers :) You won't be loving them quite so much when the caterpillars ruin your Nasturtiums. Jack (where Nasturtiums thrive on the Large White free Isle of Mull) :lol: I plant the Nasturtiums for the...

This last week has seen lots of activity. Up on the Hermitage (Bridgnorth) I have had two separate sightings of Marbled White which is unusual for Shropshire. A single Hairstreak when I hadn't go my camera! Totally unfamiliar to me it was dark (too dark for Purple) with orange & white markings. ...

Last weekend we went just across the border to Pound Wood in the Wyre forest where we saw Speckled Wood 4 SPB Fritillary all flying very fast (but counted 5 that I could see at any one time) Small Skipper 1 Wood White 6 Brimstone 2 Numerous Ringlets Here on my local patch, which is a West facing mea...

Lovely sightings from everyone. Here in Shropshire I saw my first Speckled Wood and Orange Tip yesterday. The local meadow today was then tranformed...and I saw orange Tip, male and female, Green veined, Small white, a couple of Brimstones and Sm Tortoiseshells and Peacock. In the garden, the first ...

Nice one Peter See, I am still paying attention! What a lovely one

Monday in Shropshire and I saw one Red Admiral, two Peacocks, Two Small Tortoiseshells and one white butterfly in flight. Sadly my white sighting was in such atrocious wind that it was flying over the garden very fast so, difficult to ID. But, it wasn't a Brimstone, either a Small White or Green Vei...

Thanks Guy, I tend to forget that they have more blue on the body than our UK version.